First league table of the season
The Complete University Guide and league table is now out. The details can be found on the Guide website together with lots of other stuff (actually there really is a surprising amount of useful information in here).
| Rank 2012 | Rank 2011 | Institution |
| 1 | (2) | Cambridge |
| 2 | (1) | Oxford |
| 3 | (3) | Imperial College London |
| 4 | (5) | London School of Economics |
| 5 | (4) | Durham |
| 6 | (6) | St Andrews |
| 7 | (9) | University College London |
| 8 | (7) | Warwick |
| 9 | (8) | Lancaster |
| 10 | (12) | Bath |
| 11 | (16) | Bristol |
| 12 | (10) | York |
| 13 | (11) | Edinburgh |
| 14 | (14) | Southampton |
| 15 | (24) | Exeter |
| 16 | (13) | King’s College London |
| 17 | (18) | Nottingham |
| 18 | (15) | SOAS |
| 19 | (21) | Loughborough |
| 19 | (19) | Sussex |
So, no big surprises in there and little movement in the top 10 (apart from the Oxbridge swap at the top). Two new entries to the top 20 from Exeter and Loughborough but otherwise it’s as you were. (Modest advancement for Nottingham too, as I’m sure everyone has noticed.)
The Telegraph carries a story leading on the big news of Cambridge beating Oxford into second.
Atlast Bath has finally made into top 10
With the £9,000 fee announced, rankings are going to become every students bible. Reputation will be paramount. Nottingham better get their backside in gear then, as 17th will impress no one.
And Nottingham;s entry standards are still incredibly low. It had higher entry standards 8 years ago, whilst all other Russell Group 1994 Groups universities have seen as average tariff rise of about 50 points! Very odd.