Brunel University

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Brunel’s redbrick and concrete campus is 20 minutes’ walk from Uxbridge, an average satellite town at the western edge of London. It’s a trek from the centre of London, but it’s been gradually smartened up (although it still looks drably practical rather than sexy)...more detail Lots of the students are local and tend to be focused on their careers, with half studying courses including industrial placements...more on academic Despite a strong work ethic, the Student Union’s bars bustle all day and Brunel’s flagship music venue attracts cool, underground names, putting on an excuse to avoid sleep every night of the week...more on entertainment For a small university, Brunel has some big-time sports success...more on sports while the SU’s energy is devoted to clubs and societies...more on the SU Its newest halls have big en suite rooms, but students in off-campus halls look on in envy from their less swanky pads. Outside University rents average £70 and there’s plenty of help finding a place...more on housing Dyslexic students get good support and all buildings are adapted for wheelchairs...more on welfare

Woohoo: Lively sports and societies scene
Boo: Yet to shake off its nerdy image
Tel: (01895) 274 000
E-mail: courses@brunel.ac.uk
Website: www.brunel.ac.uk