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The Guardian suggests that league tables may affect the nature of undergraduate admissions in an attempt to improve a university's league table position.[27]
Roger Brown, the former Vice-Chancellor of Southampton Solent University, highlights perceived limitations in comparative data between Universities.[28]
Writing in The Guardian, Professor Geoffrey Alderman makes the point that including the percentage of 'good honours' can encourage grade inflation so that league table position can be maintained.[29]
The rankings are also criticised for not giving a full picture of higher education in the United Kingdom. There are institutions which focus on research and enjoy a prestigious reputation but are not shown in the table for various reasons. For example, the Institute of Education, University of London (now part of UCL), was not usually listed in the undergraduate rankings despite the fact that it offered an undergraduate BEd and was generally recognised as one of the best institutions offering teacher training and Education studies (for example, being given joint first place, alongside Oxford University, in the 2008 Research Assessment 'Education' subject rankings, according to both Times Higher Education and The Guardian).[30][31]
League tables, which usually focus on the full-time undergraduate student experience, commonly omit reference to Birkbeck, University of London, and the Open University, both of which specialise in teaching part-time students. These universities, however, often make a strong showing in specialist league tables looking at research, teaching quality, and student satisfaction. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, according to the Times Higher Education, Birkbeck was placed equal 33rd, and the Open University 43rd, out of 132 institutions.[32] The 2009 student satisfaction survey placed the Open University 3rd and Birkbeck 13th out of 153 universities and higher education institutions (1st and 6th, respectively, among multi-faculty universities).[33] In 2018, Birkbeck announced that it will withdraw from UK university rankings because their methodologies unfairly penalise it, since "despite having highly-rated teaching and research, other factors caused by its unique teaching model and unrelated to its performance push it significantly down the ratings".[34]
The Complete University Guide has been publishing university and related league tables online since 2007 and has a wealth of experience of working in and with the higher and further education sectors. CUG regularly consults universities to ensure that information in the guide is accurate and up to date, and works closely with HESA and other relevant agencies. At the heart of all CUG does is the aim of offering free to access, independent, accurate and trusted advice to help students, parents and advisors make an informed decision about their education.
The Guardian Good University Guide is an established league table that assesses universities based on a number of important criteria, including student satisfaction and graduate employment prospects. It provides rankings for UK universities and is one of the most comprehensive overviews of higher education in Britain.
Professor Graham Galbraith, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth, said: “I am extremely pleased to see us rise once again in a significant nationally recognised and important league table.
“Today’s ranking and other recent performance assessments demonstrate progress towards our long-term ambition to be the top modern UK university and in the top 100 young universities in the world by the end of the decade.”
Today’s ranking and other recent performance assessments demonstrate progress towards our long-term ambition to be the top modern UK university and in the top 100 young universities in the world by the end of the decade.
This improvement in Guardian University Guide follows excellent outcomes in a number of other recent nationally and internationally recognised rankings:
Rising 50 places for student satisfaction in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023, which contributed heavily to the University’s 26-place rise to 62nd in the overall table.
Impressive Research Excellence Framework (REF) outcomes where Portsmouth was ranked third of all modern UK universities for research power in the Times Higher Education REF rankings.
Portsmouth was ranked in the top 40 of all universities in England for full-time student satisfaction in the National Student Survey.
The Graduate Outcomes survey showed an improvement in graduate employment with 94 per cent of Portsmouth graduates in work and/or further study 15 months after they graduated compared to 89 per cent last year.
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Bath named university of the year, Oxford tops the league, and Durham is sports university of the year
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 names the University of Bath university of the year. Ranking eighth in the overall league tables, up from ninth in 2021, Bath wins this year’s university of the year award on account of its strength across the board. As the fourth-highest institution for student satisfaction and fifth highest for graduate prospects, it received record numbers of applicants in the 2021 and 2022 admissions cycles.
Exeter was runner-up for university of the year, having nearly doubled its enrolments over the past decade, while Birmingham, Oxford and Surrey were also shortlisted.
Oxford topped the league tables – its first number one position in 12 years. It performed well across all academic measures and demonstrated by far the lowest student-to-staff ratio (10.5:1).
Durham has been named the sports university of the year. As third in the British University and Colleges Sport league for 2021-22, and first for producing professional sports stars (141), Durham’s collegiate structure encourages high participation rates throughout the university.
The new edition of The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023, a free 96-page supplement, will be published this weekend in The Sunday Times (September 18).
It provides the definitive rankings for UK universities and the most comprehensive overview of higher education in Britain. It includes profiles on 135 universities and definitive UK university rankings, making use of the latest data published in the past two months.
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 provides students and their parents with information to find a university place. It contains full profiles of all universities. The academic league table is made up of nine indicators including student satisfaction with teaching quality and the wider student experience, research quality, graduate prospects, entrance qualifications held by new students, degree results achieved, student/staff ratios, service and facilities spend, and degree completion rates.
The College, which has risen to fifth place in the newspaper’s overall rankings, was commended for its strong performance with graduates’ career prospects and for having the highest levels of student satisfaction for teaching in England.
More than 94% of students in recent years have found graduate-level positions within 15 months of earning their degrees – the highest level in the league table.
