Which unis are campus & RG please?

[Snowglobes]

I’ve tried googling ‘RG campus universities’ but I get links to one of the other and not both. I know there’s Warwick, Birmingham and Nottingham but where else please? Is Reading?

[bitheby]

Liverpool isn't a campus. There is a collection of buildings based together but then a load of others across the city.

[ineedaholidaynow]

A lot of student accommodation is offsite for Exeter university now. It is a lovely campus.

[yearinyearout]

I know Bath isn't RG, but it's a very highly rated uni and has a lovely campus on the outskirts of the city.

[Peaseblossom22]

U EA, York, Lancaster ( not sure if RG) Birmingham, Nottingham, Bath

[zzzzzzzx]

Loughborough, Bath, St Andrews and Surrey are all good campus unis. Reading and Southampton are also worth some consideration as insurances. Not RG but don't be to persuaded by this. My eldest DD went to Birmingham and loved it. Reading was her insurance. My younger DD is wants to go to a campus uni so has applied to Birmingham, Nottingham, Exeter and Southampton. She is going to firm Birmingham. People are saying to be driven by the course more than the uni but sometimes the uni is more important. My eldest did law and the courses are pretty much the same in each uni as they have to be qualifying so that they can continue to be Solicitors and the uni they went to is very important to get a training contract after. My younger DD is studying Psychology and this is similar. Nottingham will probably be her insurance although we are looking at Bristol too (non-campus).

[Bouledeneige]

Just google 'list of Russell group universities' - there are 24. If you look at university websites you can see which are campus and which are city. Just look at their welcome videos on YouTube where students show you round. A lot of the campus universities were established post war. As I'm sure you realise they are not mutually exclusive groups! RG unis can be campus.
Some examples:
Campus - York, Exeter, Nottingham, Kent, Sussex, Keele
City - London (effectively lots of separate colleges), Newcastle, Manchester.

In my kids my DD - a clubby city girl - didn't like the thought of a campus so is at Manchester. Why would I live in a field? My DS might benefit from a softer landing in the more 'safe' campus environment. So he's keen on Sussex.

Also google lists of top universities for the subject your DC wants to study. They are ranked by academic performance, student satisfaction and future job prospects etc. That will give you a good idea of which are rated the best. Employers use these lists too.

[titchy]

Campus maps on the websites should make is clear what's campus and what's not.

But yes, course first, not who made to a meeting 25 years ago.

[iwillnevereatspaghetti]

Exeter campus and recently eh

[ChiaraRimini]

What subject is this for OP? I'm sure the MN hive mind will have opinions on where is good for what.
In terms of research intensity/excellence there will be non RG unis that are excellent in some areas and not others

[CarolinaPink]

Another word in favour of Lancaster - top 10 in everything and currently International University of the Year.

[SouthWestmom]

Why not just CR two lists


www.thestudentroom.co.uk/university/apply/list-of-campus-unis-in-the-uk

[mimbleandlittlemy]

Royal Holloway and Sussex are both campus. Neither are RG but both are very highly regarded.

[SirTobyBelch]

If by campus you mean a self-contained collection of university buildings (teaching, research. library, etc.) not within a business/commercial/retail/residential area of a city and with some student accommodation on site...

Birmingham
Durham
Exeter
Nottingham
Warwick
York

But there are other interpretations of "campus".

As others have said, a focus on Russell Group is often (usually) misguided. I have taught in a Russell Group University and was a student at two institutions that are now members of the Russell Group. I don't believe membership of the Russell Group tells a prospective undergraduate student anything useful about a university

[LIZS]

York
Southampton but halls are separate to teaching/SU
Sussex not rg but campus based

What subject? Tbh it is probably not worth getting hung up on RG or not for many subjects.

[ErrolTheDragon]

Reading and Southampton are also worth some consideration as insurances. Not RG but don't be to persuaded by this.

Southampton is RG, and is many people's first choice for some subjects, especially engineering.

As others have said, start with the subject, don't get hung up on RG. There are some excellent courses at non-RG unis, and some less good ones at RG.

[Snowglobes]

Thank you all... yes, I agree not to get hung up on RG. Bath & Loughborough have great reputations but aren’t RG. It was a starting point but probably a misguided starting point! The subject will be something along the lines of economics, finance and/or maths... maybe!!
Best universities for subject areas - I’m going to look at ‘complete university guide’. Im guessing that’s a decent league table? I’m trying to decide which league tables are worthwhile and select parameters for ‘future prospects’ and ‘student satisfaction’ as like pp have pointed out research isn’t very relevant at undergraduate level.

[ineedaholidaynow]

Exeter University has a very good business school

[MarchingFrogs]

I’m going to look at ‘complete university guide’.

Are you the applicant, or are you looking on behalf of a DC?

I love a good rummage through universities' websites, TSR forums, YouTube accommodation tours and the like myself, but at the end of the day, it's the potential applicant who has to make the decision re which courses / institutions most excite them.

UEA campus is rather lovely (DS2 has it top of his list, for History of Art) and Norwich a nice size and quite quirky. The university is currently running ads on TV, but although we are 100 miles away, we are in the right general area of the country, so I'm not sure whether the campaign is local or national. It's on YouTube, though

[Serin]

Royal Holloway has a gorgeous campus.
Not sure if RG.

[raindropsfallingonglass]

I don’t really buy the idea that ‘research isn’t important for undergraduates’ ... it does vary by subject but having a strong and active research department and ethos means that the academics are world leaders in their field, that their teaching is influenced by the very cutting edge of the field, and that the opportunities (dissertations, placements, projects) are likely to be really great for the students. I have papers from my undergraduate degree, and that’s not uncommon. I guess this is of particular relevance to STEM subjects, but not only STEM

[LadyMacnet]

Schools are blinded by the idea that RG is "better" and push the idea on to students and parents.

Schools are accountable for the destinations of their Y13 students. One of the external performance measures placed on a school in the 16 - 18 performance tables I s the number of students leaving Sixth Form to go to RG universities. Oxford and Cambridge are a separate category too. As long as these destinations are reported separately in this way, in performance tables schools will feel top down pressure to encourage students to apply to universities in these groups. This does not mean that schools are blind to the merits of non RG unis but it is certainly a downward pressure from government and a marker of the success of the RG in their self-promotion.

The universities in the RG are great research institutions. I would be delighted for any of my DC to be studying at any one of them and to benefit from the teaching, funds and consequent wider opportunities those universities can attract. Equally there many other great HE providers not in the RG: Bath, St Andrews...a good Sixth Form advisor understands the nuances.

[ChiaraRimini]

Also OP, your DCs likely A level grades will affect which Unis they may get accepted by as they vary a fair bit in their entrance requirements. I don't know about these subjects but when looking for DCs choice which was politics most RG places had AAB or ABB as their standard offer.

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

Durham is collegiate, not campus-based.

I think it might depend why you want a campus — is it because it's everything is close together, or because you want the feeling of an area that's 'just' university?

Warwick, for example, is great in first year when you're in halls (but no catered halls iirc) but then in second and third year people end up living miles away. Coffee shops etc on campus are also very expensive because they have a monopoly.

Somewhere like Edinburgh is a city university, but effectively has a couple of different campuses within the city, so you'll probably only be taught in one place. A lot of their first years (and all catered students) live in the same place, but there's some self-catered accommodation spread out too.

I think the easiest way to find out would be to have a look at prospectuses, or maps.

[Stillabitemo]

The University of Liverpool is a campus university, based on the edge of the town centre. I think some posters are confusing it with Liverpool John Moores which has buildings spread out across the city.

[Jins]

Most of the departments (but not all) at Liverpool University are based on an extensive campus near the town centre but university halls are in the main some distance away in Allerton/Mosley Hill. There is limited accommodation near the teaching areas and some privately run halls.

It is not a campus university in the way Lancaster is.

If you want a campus university and choose Liverpool you will be disappointed.