Talk:Royal Northern College of Music

Latest comment: 9 days ago by JRawle in topic POV claims

"This is notwithstanding the fact that it is still considered as one of the weaker music colleges." - surely this is POV, can anyone find any evidence to (dis)prove this? -- Mariocki 00:49, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"It is POV, and rather misleading. Many authorities consider the RNCM the premier conservatoire in the UK today. The RNCM is at the very top of the Guardian teaching league tables for music. http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/careers/don/story/0,11109,1154158,00.html"

WikiProject class rating

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 10:32, 10 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

affiliations

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The infobox lists affiliation to the U. of Manchester. I'm unable to find any evidence of the RNCM being affiliated to any single university, therefore I put a {{fact}} tag in the box. Of course I'm willing to stand corrected if anyone could come with a suitable source. --Jotel (talk) 15:47, 25 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

POV claims

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"It is recognised as having one of the best keyboard departments in the world and the country's best composition department, which makes it renowned amongst both British and international students."

Any sources for this? This sounds like the PR department at work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.81.216.130 (talk) 07:58, 23 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Even if sourced, such claims are highly unnencyclopedic, extremely subjective, and against Wikipedia's handbook of style. Please check Juilliard School as an example of a neutral article about a leading conservatory. The whole "League table ranking and reputaton" section is, even with the sources, just too partial and should be removed. This is an article and not a prospectus/viewbook. --Karljoos (talk) 22:51, 30 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

The sentence in the opening about it being one of the UK's "busiest and most diverse" venues also struck me as being a bit POV, so I've toned it down and added a reference. JRawle (Talk) 16:47, 14 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Isobel Baillie

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Does anyone know any refs for Isobel Baillie teaching at Manchester School of Music (from 1970) and is that one of the precursors to the RNCM? (Msrasnw (talk) 23:55, 4 July 2010 (UTC))Reply