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Fresh term, fresh lenses: rankings, reality TV and social media collide around Bristol and Bath campuses
Within days of each other, a university ranking, a Strictly contestant and a student-newspaper advice column have put South West universities in very different spotlights.
Separately, the University of Bristol student newspaper Epigram advised freshers to take university-related social media content with a grain of salt, questioning its truthfulness and whether it promotes a toxic approach to the first year [3]. Read together, the three items show students beginning term amid separate public mentions of regional universities in a ranking, on an entertainment show and in an opinion column.
Sources
- University of Bristol press office: University of Bristol named South West University of the Year 2027
- Bath Voice: Bath Voice News: Thoughts on Strictly Come Dancing’s West Country entrants of the past and present – with hopes this year resting on Bath’s Olympian Tabby
- Epigram (University of Bristol): Freshers, put that phone down...
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