John Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Is there a point of having 2 different universities? What are the advantages of merging and not merging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 no they shouldnt merge it will kill the competition in sheffield and loads of people will lose out on going to uni and loads of jobs lost! and it will be harder to score points (1 student run over = 1 point) he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martynj Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 No, the 2 unis are very different in their style of teaching. Hallam tends to do more practical, vocational courses whereas Uni does more theoretical and academic stuff. Both are equally valid but attract different people. It would be a shame to lose this diversity by merging them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qazitory Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 That's like saying we should merge Wednesday and United.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiyabeing Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 I don't know much about the Uni's here - but I have picked up that like everywhere else there's an attitude thing going on there - so I can't see it happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittykat Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 i dont see why it cant be one bit uni offering many different types of courses for many different types of people. It would also be good if it was a 1 campus uni instead of being buidings here there and everywhere which is a bit of a pain in the rear end. Where would thy build such a thing though? is there any room in sheffield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairydreams Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Like many things, merging would probably mean less choice as smaller departments / subjects would be swallowed by bigger more profitable one... so a merger would be a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Would there be any benefits in doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrietStar Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 i dont think its a good idea either, having two unis offers variety and extra facilities. the only benefits i can see are financial, although there would be less grants and fees due to less students, i suppose the students that would remain would get more facilities though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrence Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 It's true (but not politically correct) that if you compare two departments of the same discipline at both, there is a marked difference in quality. Sheffield Uni has better students and world-class research. Hallam is an old polytechnic and does get less-able students. My gut feeling is that merging would just bring Sheffield Uni down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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