{"id":1094,"date":"2019-11-01T13:16:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T13:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2019-12-16T18:49:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T18:49:12","slug":"when-im-ua64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2019\/11\/01\/when-im-ua64\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEN I’M UA64"},"content":{"rendered":"
After all the hype, UA92 is now open and teaching inside a refurbished Kellogg’s cereal factory in Stretford, where we hope the students are all having a ‘grrreat!’ time.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The staff-student ratio is certainly looking impressive – almost Oxbridge-like – although this seems to owe more to the under-recruitment of students rather than the generous recruitment of staff. The subtext drones have picked up the number ’64’ on several occasions, which seems borne out by stories in the press such as ‘Ex-Manchester Utd stars’ university shunned by students after only recruiting 64 \u2014 despite promising 650 places’ in the S*n on 27 September. Due to such low numbers, very few teaching staff have been directly employed by UA92 – ‘maybe 8 or 9’, we hear.<\/span><\/div>\n
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During August and September, UA92 was aggressively marketing itself to students who found themselves in Clearing. How tricky was it to get in via that route? Prospective students needed the equivalent of three ‘D’s at A Level to get on to one of UA92’s degree schemes, whilst if they didn’t quite have those grades, they could still enrol for a 1-year Certificate of HE (with the possibility to switch onto the degree scheme later) with the equivalent of three ‘E’s.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Despite these worrying figures, it *is* possible to start a UA92 degree in November or January, so we may yet see the student numbers creep up. The links with Trafford College seem to be yielding a decent trickle of applicants, and UA92’s publicity – which if we’re honest is starting to grow on us – is emphasising how students can combine study at UA92 with work and caring responsibilities. And, hey, what’s not to like about being on a degree scheme with (very) small class sizes and a (very) spacious refurbished building?<\/span><\/div>\n
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Anecdotes from any current UA92 students or staff on ‘how it’s all going’ would be much appreciated.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After all the hype, UA92 is now open and teaching inside a refurbished Kellogg’s cereal factory in Stretford, where we hope the students are all having a ‘grrreat!’ time. 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