^A fallen trunk by a pond in the Tocil Woods, Warwick Uni
Did logical reasoning play a part in building a university in a big bubble campus in the middle of nowhere?
Surely, one saving grace of such a campus is the spectacular natural beauty to be admired in any time. The Tocil Woods in the midst of the Warwick campus is a case in point. BUT students don't go to the university to admire the nature. Well, at least this have never been a major part.
^Walking from one building to another miles apart around the campus is great if you don't have a timetable packed with lessons. The time so spent multiplied by the days with classes throughout a year and we will be closer to the stupidity of the idea.
If you asked me, I would say going to the university is the one last step before being brought into the reality. Students study in the university and interact with people, including the academic and working folks. The working folks, people living in the reality!
Now walking around such a big bubble campus some distance away from the city centre, I feel more romantic than pragmatic. Students, leave the reality and come to this bubble and be romantic-minded.
The city I come from, which is Hong Kong, does have similar bubble campuses. BUT the packed city ensures that we have almost the same number of campuses in the middle of the city. So the undergraduates can savour the reality enough to be prepared to walk into the cruel non-academia world.
Another point for a campus to be situated right in the city (that's why I think the Coventry Uni campus is actually better suited to its mission) is the working folks are more likely to interact with the undergraduates.
Burst the bubbles! (BUT retain the woods there)
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