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University of Aberdeen

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Why Aberdeen</h1>
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University of Aberdeen</h3>
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Founded in 1495, the University of Aberdeen is one of the UK's most internationally distinguished universities. It has a student population of around 16,000 and a large international community of students drawn from 120 different countries.</div>
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Here you'll find study options to suit your academic interests, and social and leisure activities that will contribute to your overall well-being, enjoyment and personal growth.</div>
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History and Excellence</h3>
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<img alt="" height="446" src="http://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/content-images/_MG_1334_CROP.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 5px;" width="250" />The University has an excellent reputation for teaching quality and research, and, over the years, five Nobel Prizes have been awarded for work carried out or begun at Aberdeen. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) assessed 89% of Aberdeen’s research activity as being of international quality and 55% as either ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.</div>
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Leading in the 21st Century</h3>
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The University is at the forefront in many areas of arts and social sciences, in science, computing, engineering and technology, and in ground-breaking disciplines focused firmly on the 21st century, such as Bio-Medical Computing Science. 91% of our graduates walk into good jobs, research posts or further study within six months of graduating. Our Postgraduate opportunities are also outstanding.</div>
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Students are attracted by our tradition which is rooted in our 500 year history - but we are focused firmly on the future and are at the cutting-edge of research in many fields. Our attraction also lies in the quality of our courses and teaching, the research opportunities we provide, our superb facilities as one of the six Ancient Universities of Britain, and for the care and support which we provide for all our students.</div>
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Choice and Flexibility</h3>
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Flexibility and individuality are the University's real strengths. With over 600 first degree programmes on offer, students can mix, match and switch subjects as they discover new interests on route to their tailor-made degree. The University has numerous international connections with universities in North America and across Europe, affording students the opportunity to study abroad as part of their degree. For postgraduate students, there are opportunities to undertake supervised research in all departments of the University, or choose from over 150 taught Masters programmes which are designed to meet the needs of the workplace in the 21st Century.</div>
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A Superb Environment</h3>
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<img alt="LIBRARY" height="200" src="http://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/feature-images/_MG_6103_low_res.JPG" style="float: right; margin: 5px;" width="300" />The University has a beautiful central campus where ancient buildings sit side by side with modern, newly refurbished, laboratories, first-class computing facilities and the latest library technology. The University promotes a multi-national, multi-faith community. A place in University Halls is normally guaranteed to all students during their first year, and these are either on, or within short walking distance of the main teaching site.</div>
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What About Support for Students?</h3>
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You'll find student life new and exciting, but you may also find it a bit bewildering at first, especially if you are moving away from home for the first time. We aim to make sure right from the start that you have access to any support you might need - academic, personal, medical, financial - from people who are easy to contact and who can give you friendly and expert guidance.</div>
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The University Disability Advisers offer support and guidance and are a first point of contact for students with disabilities. You may also choose to visit the University, to meet academic and support staff and to assess for yourself the facilities and support structures which are available.</div>
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We are committed to helping students settle in quickly, achieve their ambitions and develop their talents and interests. These are just a <a href="http://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/about/10-reasons-to-choose-aberdeen-139.php" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(176, 72, 103); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-style: none none dotted; color: #b04867; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; text-decoration: none;">few good reasons for choosing</a> the University of Aberdeen.</div>
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University of Aberdeen

Why Aberdeen University of Aberdeen Founded in 1495, the University of Aberdeen is one of the UK's most internationally distingu...

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Could you cope in Copenhagen? | Alex Aldridge

AppId is over the quota<br />AppId is over the quota<br /> <img alt="The University of Copenhagen is 52nd in the world rankings and charges no fees to EU students" data-pin-description="The University of Copenhagen is 52nd in the world rankings. Photograph: F Vrouenraths /Alamy" height="276" itemprop="contentUrl representativeOfPage" src="/The-University-of-Copenha-007.jpg" width="460"> The University of Copenhagen is 52nd in the world rankings. Photograph: F Vrouenraths /Alamy<P>The lovely Cafe Paludan in equally lovely Copenhagen is about as far removed from recessionary Britain as it gets. Located in the city's medieval student district, it's full of youthful, well-groomed Scandinavians chatting away without a care in the world amid tasteful Bohemian decor.</P><P>"I've been out more during my time in Copenhagen than during the rest of my degree combined," says Kiera Taylor, a Kent University law student doing an Erasmus exchange year in the city, over a beer in the cafe. In common with all British Erasmus students, Taylor hasn't had to pay any university fees during her year abroad and has received a grant of around €4,000 (?3,200) towards her living expenses. It seems like a great deal. "It is," says Taylor, "although Copenhagen is very expensive. Plus I've spent a lot of the grant on flights back to the UK for training contract and vacation scheme interviews."</P><P>The airfares have been worth it, though, with Taylor in receipt of vacation scheme offers from a pair of top City law firms. She reckons doing Erasmus has helped her stand out in a congested graduate recruitment market. "The partners who have interviewed me have all been very interested in what I have learned from spending time abroad," she says.</P><P>For students who go to countries like Denmark where English is widely spoken, the Erasmus programme tends to be less about developing language skills and more about getting a taste of a different culture. One of the most useful experiences for Taylor and her course mate Cecilie Hansen Sorvig, a Queen Mary University London law student, has been the opportunity to sample the very different teaching style of Danish universities. At the University of Copenhagen's law school, many exams are conducted orally, while others are given to students on a 48-hour "take-home" basis. "I'll be better at studying as a result when I come back to the UK," says Sorvig. "The oral nature of the exams is fantastic interview practice," adds Taylor.</P><P>Such a winner has the Erasmus scheme been since it was introduced 25 years ago that the European Union is planning to extend it for the benefit of the growing number of jobless graduates across the continent. Under the proposed Erasmus For All programme, which is set to more than double Erasmus funding to €19bn (?15.2bn) between 2014 and 2020, graduates who don't have jobs are to be offered European Union-backed loans of around €12,000 (?9,600) to do masters degrees in other European countries. A portion of funding will also be reserved to help students study farther afield in locations like China and Brazil. Meanwhile, more money will be allocated to the pan-European work placements that take place under the existing Leonardo da Vinci framework, which will be subsumed into Erasmus. The extended scheme is due to begin in 2014.</P><P>British universities are welcoming the changes, which they believe will present a valuable additional set of options to jobless graduates. "At present there is so much competition facing law graduates, in particular," says Jill Marshall, senior lecturer in the law department at Queen Mary. "Students not getting training contracts or pupillages need something to do in the one or even two years they are increasingly having to wait to secure positions post-graduation." Tim Macklem, head of King's College law school, agrees: "A wider scheme could be an invaluable door opener," he says.</P><P>A word of warning, though: there is concern that the new masters arrangement could increase students' already high debt levels without giving them much to show for their investment at the end of the course. "We'd be neutral about the masters, which we don't view as intrinsically better than a year spent working in industry," says Edward Walker, graduate recruitment manager at corporate law firm Pinsent Masons. "Chances are, if you haven't met minimum academic requirements by the end of the Legal Practice Course (LPC), you're not going to reach it with a masters. And if you have reached it, but not got a training contract, the gap you have is not academics but elsewhere."</P><P>Still, with students able to minimise their spending on the new Erasmus For All scheme by choosing to study in countries like Norway (which is non-EU, but set to be included in the programme) where no tuition fees are charged for masters courses, many may find the lure of European cafes too tempting to resist.</P><P><STRONG>Alex Aldridge is the editor of </STRONG><STRONG>Legal Cheek</STRONG><STRONG>. His trip to Copenhagen to attend a seminar on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Erasmus programme was paid for by the European Commission.</STRONG></P><br /><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/may/15/studying-law-erasmus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the original article here</a></p>

Could you cope in Copenhagen? | Alex Aldridge

AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota The University of Copenhagen is 52nd in the world rankings. Photograph: F Vrouenraths /Ala...

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Law students: 'and what else do I get with my masters?' | Alex Aldridge

AppId is over the quota<br />AppId is over the quota<br /> <img alt="Booksellers in Paris's Latin Quarter" data-pin-description="Queen Mary University of London’s LLM in Paris offers an alternative way to pick up a new language and additional legal qualification Photograph: Brian Harris/Alamy" height="276" itemprop="contentUrl representativeOfPage" src="/Booksellers-in-Pariss-Lat-006.jpg" width="460"> Queen Mary University of London’s LLM in Paris offers an alternative way to pick up a new language and additional legal qualification Photograph: Brian Harris/Alamy<P>Back when the economy was booming and junior lawyer jobs grew on trees, having a masters degree in law (LLM) on your CV was seen as highly desirable, with law firms and barristers' chambers valuing the benefits of an extra spell of in-depth legal study. But these days, as the downturn drags on and student debt levels spiral, there is some ambivalence about the wisdom of doing a conventional LLM before you have obtained a pupillage or training contract.</P><P>Edward Walker, graduate recruitment manager at corporate law firm Pinsent Masons, sums up the prevailing sentiment:</P><BLOCKQUOTE readability="10"><P>"We'd be neutral about a masters, which we don't view as intrinsically better than a year spent working in industry. Chances are, if you haven't met minimum academic requirements by the end of the Legal Practice Course (LPC), you're not going to reach it with a masters. And if you have reached it, but not got a training contract, the gap you have is not academics but elsewhere."</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Law schools and universities are alive to this shift in mood, with several introducing new courses to reflect an ever-more competitive legal education market where students are demanding more bang for their buck. Tuesday saw the latest example of this trend, with the College of Law announcing that it is to offer a new combined Legal Practice Course (LPC) and LLM from next year. The new "LLM LPC" will enable students to specialise in either international or national legal practice.</P><P>The former focuses on examining the legal principles, structure and mechanics of cross-border transactions. The latter will be based around exploring general commercial or legal aid practice. According to which modules students take, they will be awarded either an LLM in International Legal Practice or an LLM in Legal Practice. Significantly, the cost and duration of the new course will remain the same as the traditional LPC.</P><P>The thinking behind the new course was probably fairly similar to that which led City law firm Simmons & Simmons to overhaul its graduate recruitment programme earlier this year and introduce a new requirement that all its future trainees complete a firm-sponsored legal MBA alongside their LPCs. From September 2014, future trainees at the firm will begin the MBA during an accelerated LPC at BPP Law School, and then continue the course throughout the two-year duration of their training contracts.</P><P>Simmons & Simmons' graduate recruitment partner Alex Brown has said that the MBA – which the firm has been offering on an optional basis since 2009 – "adds a lot of value to trainees". Certainly, it will be interesting to see whether this model or the College of Law's proves more popular with the international law firms who drive the LPC market via their sponsorship of new recruits' law school fees.</P><P>The desire to "add value" is also informing the LLM programmes being offered by traditional universities. For example, LLMs that combine law with a language, or allow students to study a different legal system, are becoming more popular – a symptom of an increasingly international legal market, where law firms place a premium on language skills and experience of other cultures.</P><P>Options looked on favourably by employers include the two-year law and Chinese LLM launched last year by Edinburgh University, and a host of specialist European law LLMs offered by universities including Kings College London and Kent.</P><P>Intriguingly, the Edinburgh LLM includes a spell "at a prestigious Chinese University", with students expected to graduate with a "solid grounding in Chinese language." For those who don't fancy attempting to master a whole new alphabet, Queen Mary University of London's LLM in Paris – which focuses on exploring commercial law from both comparative and international perspectives, within a common law framework, but is taught in its entirety in the French capital – offers an alternative way to simultaneously pick up a new language and an additional legal qualification.</P><P>Other innovative new LLMs include the broad range of part-time online courses offered by Northumbria University – enabling wannabe lawyers to work while they boost their CVs – and the specialist advocacy LLM launched this September by Strathclyde University, which is the first of its kind in Britain.</P><P>Amid this array of options, some traditional LLM courses are still going strong, of course. Postgraduate legal qualifications from Cambridge or Oxford, in particular, remain highly regarded by law firms and chambers. What remains to be seen is whether students will still choose to do these courses before getting a training contract or pupillage under their belts.</P><P>Alex Aldridge is the editor of Legal Cheek</EM></P><br /><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/oct/04/legal-education-llm-law-schools" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the original article here</a></p>

Law students: 'and what else do I get with my masters?' | Alex Aldridge

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Law students: 'and what else do I get with my masters?' | Alex Aldridge

Law students: 'and what else do I get with my masters?' | Alex Aldridge

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