Yes, it’s the first league table of the season
The Complete University Guide and league table is now out. The details can be found on the Guide websitetogether with lots of other analysis (including by subject, region and mission group) and information on careers, fees etc. The main table uses nine indicators: Student Satisfaction, Research Assessment, Entry Standards, Student:Staff Ratio; Spending on Academic Services; Spending on Student Facilities; Good Honours degrees achieved; Graduate Prospects and Completion. The Subject tables are based on four: Student Satisfaction, Research Assessment; Entry Standards and Graduate Prospects.
| Rank 2012 | Rank 2013 | |
| 1 | (1) | Cambridge |
| 2 | (4) | LSE |
| 3 | (2) | Oxford |
| 4 | (3) | Imperial |
| 5 | (5) | Durham |
| 6 | (6) | St Andrews |
| 6 | (8) | Warwick |
| 8 | (7) | UCL |
| 9 | (9) | Lancaster |
| 10 | (10) | Bath |
| 11 | (11) | Bristol |
| 12 | (12) | York |
| 13 | (15) | Exeter |
| 14 | (19) | Loughborough |
| 15 | (14) | Southampton |
| 16 | (13) | Edinburgh |
| 17 | (21) | Glasgow |
| 18 | (16) | King’s |
| 19 | (17) | Nottingham |
| 20 | (23) | Leicester |
So, little movement in the top 15 apart from the slightly surprising news that LSE has usurped Oxford to climb to second place in the table. Oxford has dropped from first place in 2011 and this change will undoubtedly grab the headlines for the table. Glasgow and Leicester join the top 20 but Sussex and SOAS drop out.
The Physics ones are so inaccurate, I’m crying with laughter.