On 13/10/2007, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
This is what we are saying. It doesn't *have* to be in London.
On 13/10/2007, Oldak Quill oldakquill@gmail.com wrote:
On 13/10/2007, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 09/10/2007, geni < geniice@gmail.com> wrote:
On 09/10/2007, Majorly axel9891@googlemail.com wrote:
And is also very expensive.
It is safe to assume the majority of the attendees from outside Europe will arrive in London and most of those from Europe will arrive in London or the southeast. As a result logistics mean that Scotland and northern england would be problematical. In terms of facilities people are generally looking at universities so in practice we are probably looking for universities within striking distance of London.
Looking at UCAS we find
http://www.ucas.com/instit/se/index.html http://www.ucas.com/instit/e/index.html http://www.ucas.com/instit/gl/index.html
Although the numbers can be trimmed somewhat by removing all those cases where a College gets listed for having a handful of HE courses.
Okey outside of london the options appear to be:
The University of Kent The University of Reading University of Surrey University of Hertfordshire University of Bedfordshire in particular the University of Luton section
After that you really are getting too far from london.
Aren't all of these too far from London to be practical? How about a University of London college?
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Why leave London for the sake of leaving London? The UK is a small country and is very much centred on London. London has the best connections to other places within the UK and is the most connected place on an international level (re. flights). The Greater London Area contains almost a quarter of the population of the UK.
Most UK cities other than London would require train journeys or internal flights within the UK for those flying into the country.