Clusters of UK universities based on research, teaching, economic resources, academic selectivity and socioeconomic mix of students
UK
University league tables are unreliable as they are often closely bunched
together at the top, middle and bottom. Don't read too much into universities
placed 10 to 20 places apart – a university in 50th place is usually separated
by the one in 60th by only a few percentage points. This is also why some universities
ranking fluctuate from year to year – small differences in score can mean big
differences in placing. For example, a small drop in the National
Student Survey (NSS) may cost a university 20 places in league tables.
It
makes more sense to cluster universities based on similar criteria. According
to DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2015.1082905,
there are 4 distinctive clusters of universities in the UK. A stark division is
evident between the old pre-1992 universities and the post-1992 universities,
with large differences evident in terms of research activity, economic
resources, academic selectivity, and social mix. The difference between old and
new universities with respect to teaching quality is minor.
Oxford
and Cambridge stand out among the old universities forming an ‘elite’ tier of
universities. The differences between this elite tier and the rest are substantial
in relation to research activity, economic resources, academic selectivity, and
social mix, but are much more modest in relation to teaching quality.
The
remaining 22 Russell Group universities are found to cluster together with over
half (17 out of 30) of all the other old universities.
Around a quarter of post-92 universities form a distinctive bottom tier. These universities are far less well-resourced than all other universities, and the student populations they serve are much less academically successful and socioeconomically disadvantaged.
The 4 clusters of UK universities are listed below, sorted by CUG ranking within the same cluster.
Russell Group; Unaffiliated pre-92 universities; Million+; GuildHE; University Alliance; Unaffiliated post-92 universities
Cluster 1 (2 universities)
- University of Cambridge
- University of Oxford
Cluster 2 (39 universities)
- University of St Andrew
- London School of Economics
- Imperial College London
- Loughborough University
- University of Durham
- University of Lancaster
- University of Bath
- University College London
- University of Warwick
- University of Exeter
- University of Birmingham
- University of Bristol
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Leeds
- University of Manchester
- University of Southampton
- University of Glasgow
- King's College London
- University of Nottingham
- University of York
- University of Newcastle
- Royal Holloway
- University of East Anglia
- University of Aberdeen
- Queen's University of Belfast
- University of Sheffield
- Heriot-Watt University
- Cardiff University
- University of Dundee
- University of Liverpool
- University of Surrey
- Queen Mary University of London
- University of Strathclyde
- SOAS
- University of Leicester
- University of Reading
- University of Sussex
- University of Kent
- Goldsmiths, University of London
Cluster 3 (67 universities)
- Swansea University
- University of Essex
- Harper Adams University
- Aston University
- University for the Creative Arts
- University of Stirling
- Nottingham Trent University
- Arts University Bournemouth
- Oxford Brookes University
- University of Lincoln
- University of the Arts, London
- University of Northumbria
- University of Huddersfield
- Manchester Metropolitan
- Coventry University
- University of Keele
- City University of London
- Aberystwyth University
- Ulster University
- University of Portsmouth
- University of Hull
- University of the West of England, Bristol
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Sheffield Hallam University
- University of Bradford
- Falmouth University
- University of Central Lancashire
- University of Plymouth
- University of Chichester
- Bangor University
- Robert Gordon University
- Staffordshire University
- Queen Margaret University
- Edinburgh Napier University
- University of West London
- University of Hertfordshire
- De Montfort University
- Roehampton University
- Birmingham City University
- Brunel University
- Bournemouth University
- Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- London South Bank University
- University of Greenwich
- University of Salford
- Bath Spa University
- University of Chester
- Teesside University
- University of Abertay Dundee
- University of Gloucestershire
- Middlesex University
- University of Derby
- Kingston University
- University of South Wales
- University of Worcester
- University of Winchester
- University of Sunderland
- University of Northampton
- University of the West of Scotland
- University of Westminster
- University of Brighton
- Leeds Beckett University
- Newman University
- University of Bedfordshire
- Canterbury Christ Church
- University of the Highlands & Islands
Cluster 4 (19 universities)
- Liverpool Hope University
- Edge Hill University
- University of Wales Trinity Saint David
- Solent University
- York St John University
- Bishop Grosseteste University
- Anglia Ruskin University
- University of East London
- University of Cumbria
- London Metropolitan University
- University of Wolverhampton
- Leeds Trinity University
- Buckinghamshire New University
- Wrexham Glyndwr University
- University of Bolton
- University College Birmingham
- Plymouth Marjon University
- University of Suffolk
- Ravensbourne University London
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