Elly Nowell snubs "monastic" Oxford

Brockenhurst College Public School student Elly Nowell rejects the University of Oxford.

Oxford interviewed Elly for a place to study jurisprudence (Law) at Magdalen College, but turned down the university before it had a chance to offer her a place. Elly, who clearly already has a first-class degree in sarcasm, said the college "may be disappointed by this decision, but you were in competition with many fantastic universities". She said...

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Aston University beats Oxford on students employabity

Aston University has been ranked 5^th in the 2012 Sunday Times University Guide for students achieving graduate level jobs.

With 87.7% of Aston's students gaining graduate level jobs, the Midlands university tops Britain's elite: Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol and Durham.  The guide is also impressed with Aston’s tag-line, “Employable Graduates; Exploitable Research”, who describe it as one of the "more memorable" university slogans.

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