The
Guardian University League Tables for 2017 have now been published, with
Cambridge, Oxford and St Andrews all scoring over 90 out of 100 possible marks,
helping them retain their positions in the table from last year.
Bath fell
from the fifth spot down to number 10 and although it didn’t make it into the
top three, Loughborough was the surprise star of this year, moving up seven
places to fourth place.
Talking
to The Guardian, Bob Allison, vice-chancellor of Loughborough University, puts
Loughborough’s success down to having a clear focus.
“Many
university strategies are unbelievably long and very complex. My view is
there’s little point in doing that. Most people won’t read it and they cannot
then understand what we are trying to achieve. You can put our university
strategy on one side of paper. I said, keep it really really simple. Focus on
no more than three or four things that will make a serious difference.”
Those
things are supporting staff, increasing the university’s international reach,
raising standards – and “recognising that all students who come here are making
a serious commitment and we have to commit to them”.
The
Guardian’s league tables rank universities according to:
·
spending per student
·
the student/staff ratio
·
graduate career prospects
·
what grades applicants need to get a place
·
a value-added score that compares students’ entry qualifications
with their final degree results
·
how satisfied final-year students are with their courses
Specialist
tables also rank universities by subject area. You can view the league tables
in full at http://www.theguardian.com/education/universityguide
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