Talk:Anglia Ruskin University

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Misc

No mention of "Chelmsford Technical College and School of Art" period 1960's?

Also no mention of high suicide rate: 7 per year, compared with national average of 2.

Template:Reqphotoin2 Two campuses to photo - it should be possible to get a better picture of the Cambridge campus front than the current one; one showing more of the Cambridge buildings would also be good. TheGrappler 17:22, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Out of curiosity, have you ever seen the Cambridge campus of ARU? This is probably the best photo of the place I have ever seen. There are really no good angles to photograph and there is quite little to see.

I do agree that there needs to be a photo of the Chelmsford campus. youngamerican (talk) 00:40, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd love some direction how to put an image on this page, I've tried but it's been removed! Thanks.

Requested move

The University has now changed its name. [1] Timrollpickering 22:50, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Timrollpickering 22:50, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Done, removeing template - Trevor MacInnis (Talk | Contribs) 19:36, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wrting style

This article is unbalanced. Three out of six paragraphs are dedicated to just one of the universityﾕs programs without any mention of the excellence or otherwise of any of the many other programs offered, or of the overall academic ranking of the university. In addition, the paragraphs dealing with Ultralab are written in a breathy, over-exaggerated style more suited to a glossy PR brochure than an ostensibly neutral encyclopedia. One wonders, in fact, which member of the Ultralab team wrote this article, and also why they bothered considering that Ultralab already has a separate page dedicated to it.

Ultralab

It is well-covered in the Ultralab article. Only a mention is needed on this article. That fits with the WP:MoS. Additionally, the section reads like something from a PR statement and does not conform to npov. youngamerican (talk) 15:46, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good compromise, User:Mjeave. youngamerican (talk) 16:02, 27 May 2006 (UTC) Agree. User:Julian[reply]

Syd Barret

Should he be listed a an alumni now he is dead? Don't really know how that works.

Patricia Scotland

Patricia Scotland (Baroness Scotland) is listed as an alumna of this institution, but in her own article it is stated that she is a graduate of London University. Does anyone know why Anglia Ruskin is laying claim to her? RomanSpa 00:43, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Relationship with University of Cambridge

Some stuff needs to be written about the relationship between ARU and Cambridge. I know that a number of Cambridge student societies admit ARU students; some actively promote themselves at both universities. I don't know if there's much on the academic side though.

University ratings

(I'm posting this to all articles on UK universities as so far discussion hasn't really taken off on Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities.)

There needs to be a broader convention about which university rankings to include in articles. Currently it seems most pages are listing primarily those that show the institution at its best (or worst in a few cases). See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities#University ratings. Timrollpickering 22:21, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I added the rating from The Independant Review (104th from 106th) But surprise, surprise, it was removed.

Anglia Ruskin University's values

It is absolutely inacceptable to leave this section the way it is. Sounds like it was copied from the university's web site. "We are committed to..." sounds like an advert. Should be written in a more neutral, balanced way i think. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nimes01 (talk • contribs) 16:16, 10 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Unbalanced POV

As brought up several times below in the sections on 'Writing Style' and 'Anglia Ruskin University's values ' the writing style is unbalanced, full of 'we' statements that read like a prospectus, and un encyclopaedic. I don't have the time to re-write this myself but it urgently needs review. Thankyou. 217.118.114.3 16:40, 10 January 2007 (UTC)lol[reply]

History section ?

I'm tempted to raise the section called "history" into the introduction to offer the initial sentence some context. It seems a little odd to just start with that sentence then wait for the rest. Comments? Also, I moved the picture down. I agree some more may be useful but the layout was severely compromised. Bill Pollard 14:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Be Bold. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 14:45, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Links with Industry section

I'm considering some edits to this section. It seems to have an unbalanced POV, as mentioned here previously. SteveArnott 16:17, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Be bold youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 16:20, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]