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Kids & Education
enjoy ourselves. Movies, internation-
Currently placed in the top 300 by
al eateries, and nearby famous tourist
the 2016/17 Times Higher Education
attractions such as London, Oxford
World University Rankings, the
and Cambridge — not to mention
University of Bath is held in interna-
the nearby outlet shopping mall —
tional esteem. In 2014, it was award-
all help us to make the most of our
ed the title of “Best Campus University
spare time.”
in Britain” by the Good University
Guide — an accolade hardly surprising
once you have seen the stunning sur-
WARWICK
roundings in which the facilities are set. When most people think of Warwick,
For management alumni Merinda they picture the medieval Warwick
Thirakornratch, it was not just the
Castle, home to 1,000 years of
well-equipped facilities and state-
awe-inspiring history perched atop
of-the-art sports village of the
the beautiful banks of the River Avon.
University that appealed. Like any
Or perhaps they make the associ-
wise, aspiring graduate, the Thai stu- ation with the esteemed poet and
dent looked not only at the campus, playwright William Shakespeare,
faculty and overall reputation, but
whose hometown of Stratford-upon-
also at what life might be like for her Avon lies just a few kilometres away.
in this new city. With the guidance
But despite such historic and leg-
and expertise of Consortium UK —
endary associations, it is perhaps the
Bath School of Management’s Agent University of Warwick that is the
of the Year 2013/14 — Merinda
city’s proudest achievement and a
was lead to the University of Bath,
relatively new institution, by British
a decision she calls “the best I have
standards. The University of Warwick,
ever made.”
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