I have been successful in obtaining a conditional offer from Swansea University for a place on their taught master LLM in Maritime Law. However, I am stil awaiting notification from Southampton for a place on the same course.

Hopefully, I shall be in the fortunate position to choose between the two institutions. If so, any advice of which offer I should choose would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards

Mark

I have been successful in obtaining a conditional offer from Swansea University for a place on their taught master LLM in Maritime Law. However, I am stil awaiting notification from Southampton for a place on the same course.

Hopefully, I shall be in the fortunate position to choose between the two institutions. If so, any advice of which offer I should choose would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards

Mark

Thank you for your thoughts on this matter, it would appear after further research that Southampton was very much the leading institution in this field in the past however, most of the faculty who are the leading academics in this area no longer teach at Southampton as they have moved on to pastures new.

Therefore, I have made the decision to accept my offer from Swansea as I have received nothing but excellent feedback from students who have or are currently studying there.

Regards

Mark

Hello rkarthik87, hello everyone,

I also got in touch with a PH.D student at SOTON... Even he was an opinion that SOTON is the place.... It appeared that his opinions were genuine and not biased.... You can search posts by johannahj on LLM-Guide and check his comments on other discussions on this subject....

Just to clarify, I had read in an earlier discussion that he is a PH.D student..... And I am aware of the fact that you are from Swansea again based on earlier posts of your in the other discussions which I do not dispute......

Further, touching on the point which is better and not repeating what I have mentioned earlier, I think that difference is created by the prospects in your home country that by the teaching....

Hi rkarthik87, hello everyone,
the decisive point is that for someone who does not undertake the effort of browsing the older postings, the information presented in your posting about the unbiased PhD student from Soton is simply misleading.

Bye
flori

Hi rkarthik87, hello everyone,
the decisive point is that for someone who does not undertake the effort of browsing the older postings, the information presented in your posting about the unbiased PhD student from Soton is simply misleading.

Bye
flori

Hi rkarthik87,

If you have taken the "efforts" to read my earlier posts completely, my opinion were also based on a LEADING Maritime Lawyer in India who is also a member of the various committees under the Shipping Ministry.....

So I feel before terming some information "misleading" you should make some "efforts" to read the entire post...

True my friend! Swansea a great place to study and have very good links with the practice. (I completed my LLM a few years ago at Swansea and currently enjoying a good position in maritime practice)

Older people who advise you might be reflecting on the position 15-20 years ago (when they were 20s)- things have changed! Go with the new and contemporary and don't worry about the historical data! You will enjoy it at Swansea.

Kosta

Hey Kosta

Thanks for the information, everything you've said is generally the feedback I've been receiving from career fairs and from solicitors/barrister who are currently practicing. Both Swansea and Southampton are great research institutes in maritime law however, Swansea has overtaken Southampton as the most reputable university in this field in the UK thesedays.

Thanks again

Mark

I did my LLM at Swansea Law School and it was one of the best decisions in my life. The teaching staff are excellent and they bring academia and practice together (some of them have worked in practice before becoming academics). I also saw on the School's website that the team is strengthened with the addition of a new professor, one of the top in commercial/maritime law, and two new lectures. Everybody in the teaching team is very friendly and down on earth. The Library is very good both in terms of books and electronic recources. The city is also great. After completing my LLM, I got a job at a P&I club, as Swansea's reputation in the industry is immense.