Talk:Victoria University of Manchester
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[edit] Charles Barkla
The article says "an early Physics graduate of the University College of the Victoria University" and the linked website says
- Educated at Trinity and King's colleges, Cambridge, he joined the faculty of Liverpool University in 1902, moved to the University of London in 1909, and became professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh in 1913.
What is "the University College of the Victoria University" and has it got anything to do with Manchester? Billlion 23:55, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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- "the University College of the Victoria University" was University College Liverpool - one of the three constituent institutions (along with Owens College and Yorkshire College in Leeds) of the federal Victoria University. Charles Barkla attended what was once the Victoria University (in Liverpool), but not the Victoria University of Manchester; the original author has got his Victoria University institutions mixed up; I've removed his entry AnIco 08:44, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "top" university
from what i can remember - middle in league tables, to me that isn't a top position - considering usually umist got higher. For now until proof can be found i thought it best to speak the truth and remove the sentence. (This from 82.31.6.115 (talk · contribs).)
- I have readded the sentence, and added a cite for the 'research' claim. I followed the links to the 2001 REA assessments site, and looking at 5* and 5 departmental assessments, only Oxford, Cambridge and UCL had more entries. I didn't find anything on teaching in particular. Generic league tables seem thin on the ground. User:Noisy | Talk 13:01, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Look, 82.31 etc. what's your problem? Manchester was and is top in research as well as teaching. I used to look at the tables as an undergraduate, now that I can judge in more than one ways whether a University is good or not, I do not bother with reading these anymore. But I am sure that most Department, as far as I remember, got 22-24, at least at the Faculty of Arts. But the Faculty of Social Sciences is equally reputed. Medicine? the best after London. Just have a look at these. And how can you remember Manchester being in the middle of the scale? Manchester is among the best in the world, and I have been in a few. What exactly is your problem with Manchester, are you an Oxford graduate, or are you elsewhere? In either case, Manchester can stand comparisons. In this place, you just remove whatever you don't like, great! Panos.
No! I'm from manchester! check the IP address! (This from 82.31.6.115 (talk · contribs).)
[edit] Achievements?
I believe that the page should have a list of achievements perhaps seperated from the famous alumni.
For example, The early Manchester Computers, mostly the Manchester Baby in my eyes ([1]) were a tremendous achievement yet they don't seem to be recognised except for the small comments next to famous alumni e.g. Tom Kilburn.
I am sure there are many more.
What do you think?
What about all the Nobel Prize winners for example?
What about the world's first steerable radio telescope at Jodrell Bank?
etc etc.
Just an idea - tell me what you think.
[edit] Reorganization as a result of merge debate
As a result of the debate over merging this article with University of Manchester there was a feeling that this article should expand to be the main article on the history of Owens College/Victoria University of Manchester. I have moved the list of famous alumni (which was mainly not alumni !) to People Associated with the University of Manchester, with the intention that this list also be expanded to include Tech/UMIST people. This article now needs expanding to be the main article on the history of the VUM, much as the UMIST article is as already.Billlion 05:48, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Category:University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
I have (re-)nominated the Category:University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology for deletion; please see my reasons, and leave comments, at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 July 6#Category:University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Thanks. Mike Peel 18:24, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Victoria university manchester.jpg
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- The case for inclusion in this article is already listed as "its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it is the primary means of identifying the subject of this article."Billlion 10:53, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Victoria university manchester.jpg
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