I haven't applied for a job or anything, I was just wondering what the general perception is of private unis.

Would you work for one?

A friend of mine recently got a job at one, and although I'm pleased for her, I can't help thinking "oh..which uni was that again?"

Although I suppose with the tuition fees stuff, then they'll ALL be private unis eventually.

Depends on which one and what role.

I'm not against them (and I studied with what is now a private university when I trained as an accountant - the quality of teaching was excellent but there was very much a focus on teaching to test - not sure that that is compatible with other aspects of university - learning for learning's sake, research etc. But what they were doing was very good and very high quality). They are more akin the teaching universities (which exist in the public universities as well where the emphaisis is on teaching rather than research).