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[edit] NOPV

Phrases used in this article appears to read more like an advertisement than a factual document.

The information contained on the page appears to be verifiable so surely it's acceptable? Although "famous staff" doesn't sound like a suitable section name to me personally. Suriel1981

please help me out I want to get aid from the comon wealth organisation about studying in university of plymouth.

Before re-editing the information about the 2006 Guardian rankings, please check the Guardian's web page; the Guardian made a number of embarrassing errors in its initial publication of the results. The rankings seem to have stabilised now and place Plymouth 40th - well below Exeter at 28th despite claims repeatedly made on this page by an anon. seglea 21:40, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Does UoP have a chancellor? -This is a ceremonial role, currently the University has only a vice-chancellor which is the highest role in the University. There is also a motto which is to be unveiled within the next few weeks with crest. RobertBFC 10:54, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Regarding the Guardian rankings, the 2007 rankings place Plymouth at 35th, so they indeed appear to have stabilised. Note that Exeter is ranked 34th in 2007, so perhaps anon was demonstrating a degree of prescience? However, any rankings of universities or academic departments ought to be taken with a grain of salt. Imogen27 09:57, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Associated Institutions

For what I've read, I guess the Greenwich School of Management (www.greenwich-college.co.uk) is an associated college? It does offer MBA Programmes from the University of Plymouth... Perhaps it would be worth mentioning all associated institutions in this article? --Pinnecco 15:08, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] University ratings

(I'm posting this to all articles on UK universities as so far discussion hasn't really taken off on Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities.)

There needs to be a broader convention about which university rankings to include in articles. Currently it seems most pages are listing primarily those that show the institution at its best (or worst in a few cases). See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities#University ratings. Timrollpickering 23:20, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Change famous staff to notable staff

I agree that 'famous staff' is not the right phrase. One also wonders why if there is a section on notable staff there is not one on notable students, though perhaps this would cause some problems for other universities such as Oxford and Cambridge. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.20.183.55 (talk) 11:26, 28 March 2007 (UTC). →Apart from Pat Butcher there aren't any notable students.

[edit] Recent Developments.

It might be a good idea to have references for the costs of the new buildings, otherwise it just comes across a bit like an advert and not an encyclopedic entry.BananaNoodle (talk) 20:04, 13 April 2008 (UTC)