Do employers prefer it if you have gone to a russell group university than one that is not part of the group?

Question

Do employers prefer it if you have gone to a russell group university than one that is not part of the group?

Answer 1

No, employers have their own ideas of which unis are better than others. I don't think anyone will see it as black and white as russell group = good, not in group = bad. As someone said some unis (such as York and Durham) would probably be welcomed into the Russell group, they are the same type of uni in terms of the subjects offered and grades required, but they aren't in the group. Other unis are totally different but have some specialist areas and so degrees in certain subjects from certain unis will be well respected by employers in those areas.

Answer 2

The Russell Group includes many, but not all of the higher rated universities. The Russell Group universities are:

University of Birmingham

University of Bristol

University of Cambridge

Cardiff University

University of Edinburgh

University of Glasgow

Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine

King's College London

University of Leeds

University of Liverpool

London School of Economics & Political Science

University of Manchester

Newcastle University

University of Nottingham

Queen's University Belfast

University of Oxford

University of Sheffield

University of Southampton

University College London

University of Warwick

Note that there are other universities which are very highly rated by employers, but which are not part of the Russell Group. These include:

St Andrews

Durham

York

Loughborough

Exeter

Leicester

Bath

Lancaster

East Anglia

Aberdeen

Answer 3

not necessarily.  it depends on the employer.  while it's true that more graduate employers recruit from manchester than any other uni, that doesnt mean that some employers DONT favour students from non-russell group unis

id say the two most important things are getting a 2.1 or above, and having a positive enthusiastic attitude towards work

employers will be paying a lot of money to train you and then in wages, so they only want people who will work hard