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Universities Guide: Top of the class, again
Oxford University's position at the top of the league table for 2009 sees the ancient university pushing its competitor, Cambridge, into second place and regaining the pole position that it occupied for five consecutive years before that.
Inside Higher
Regional ranking: Change of the guard in Scotland
Thursday, 24 April 2008
This year's set of regional league tables reveals a host of surprises, with some universities celebrating unlikely victories over their local rivals and others left ruing their fall down the rankings.
New universities: Another year of the great divide
Thursday, 24 April 2008
The post-1992 crop of universities once more failed to break into the top 50 and the binary divide that has separated them from the old universities remains intact. Only Nottingham Trent and the University of Hertfordshire managed to cross the traditional line, beating Bangor, which was the lowest placed old university.
Starting salaries: What the future holds
Thursday, 24 April 2008
With so many decisions facing prospective university students it is no wonder the thought of a job slips under their radar. Fresher's week is imminent and funding their degree is more pressing than future career concerns.
Performance measures: Hert, soul and cash to splash
Thursday, 24 April 2008
The tables on how each university performed on the nine measures show Cambridge at the top of three tables, and Oxford and Imperial College London leading two. No particular surprises there then.
Leading Article: Study the form
Thursday, 24 April 2008
The university league tables we publish today are an attempt to give our readers easily-digestible information about the rankings of institutions in the UK. We are delighted to have formed an association with www.thegooduniversityguide.org.uk for this purpose.
Why boozing on campus is facing a ban
Thursday, 24 April 2008
One evening in autumn 2006, Gavin Britton, a fresh-faced 18-year-old, attended an important event at university: initiation to the student golf club.
Employment prospects ranked by degree
Thursday, 24 April 2008
Table: Regional ranking
Thursday, 24 April 2008
Col. 1, Regional rank; Col. 2, University; Col. 3 National Rank
Table: Top universities for professions
Thursday, 24 April 2008
Tables: the methodology
Thursday, 24 April 2008
The main table was compiled by giving each of the 113 universities a score on nine measures. Two of the measures, student satisfaction and research assessment were accorded more importance than the other seven by being given a weighting of 1.5. All data is for 2006-7 unless otherwise stated.
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