A word from Sarah Todd
Working on this list made me think one thing, says Sarah Todd, who compiled this feature. Oh, to be 18 again…
People are understandably worried about tuition fees, but millions have been pumped into improvements at a lot of colleges. It’s also refreshing that many are still turning out people who - whether or not they go on to get an office-based job - can lamb a ewe, milk a cow, reverse a tractor and tell whether a crop of wheat needs spraying or not.
It was hard for me, being from Yorkshire, not to see either Bishop Burton or Askham Bryan on this list. As a horse rider, I fell in love with the images of Hartpury College in Gloucestershire, and the omission of Reading University has been on my conscience.
I hope you’ll join the debate and tell us about your favourites. I certainly reckon there’ll be plenty of scope for a follow-up article.