University Subject Tables 2009

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CUG Rank		University Name	Student Satisfaction Student Satisfaction A guide to how satisfied students are with the quality of teaching they receive. Click here to read more	Entry Standards Entry Standards The average UCAS tariff score of new students entering the University. Click here to read more	Research Assessment	Graduate Prospects Graduate Prospects A guide to the employability of graduates on completion of their courses at the University. Click here to read more	Overall Score Overall Score The total score calculated by our independent and trusted methodology. Click here to read more
2009	2008	University Name			Research Assessment
13	13	Central Lancashire	3.6	305	3b	79.0	94.1
2	4	Sheffield	3.6	417	4	73.0	99.4
5	3	Leeds	3.7	378	4	73.0	98.2
23	27	Brunel		295		73.0	90.4
16	19	Nottingham Trent	3.5	272	5	69.0	92.0
18	24	Bournemouth	3.7	350		69.0	91.4
29	26	Falmouth	3.6	286		65.0	87.7
14	22	City		334	3b	64.0	92.7
17	21	Robert Gordon		315	3b	63.0	91.5
34	30	Birmingham City	3.5	282		62.0	86.6
31	42	Bangor		297		60.0	87.0
3	2	Cardiff	3.8	384	5	58.0	98.6
6	15	Leicester		378	3a	57.0	97.0
19	20	Liverpool	3.9	381		57.0	91.1
43	37	Salford	3.2	293		57.0	84.8
11	8	Goldsmiths College	3.6	329	5*	56.0	94.6
12	16	Birmingham	3.7	387	3a	56.0	94.3
7	10	Stirling		356	5	55.0	96.7
45	49	Southampton Solent	3.6	258		55.0	84.6
54	43	Kingston	3.5	235		55.0	83.5
22	23	Napier		325	3a	54.0	90.5
1	1	Loughborough	4.0	364	5*	53.0	100.0
39	31	Oxford Brookes		301		53.0	85.2
46	51	Canterbury Christ Church	4.0	225		53.0	84.5
54	45	Thames Valley	3.6	205	1	53.0	83.5
36	27	Leeds Metropolitan	3.3	271	3a	52.0	86.1
23	17	Westminster	3.5	333	5	51.0	90.4
10	6	Sussex	3.5	383	4	50.0	94.9
35	31	Queen Margaret		300	2	50.0	86.2
44	29	University College for the Creative Arts	3.8			50.0	84.7
41	-	Lincoln	3.8	281		49.0	85.0
9	13	Royal Holloway	3.7	367	5	48.0	95.6
20	18	Glasgow Caledonian	3.7	311	3a	48.0	90.8
15	35	University of the Arts, London	3.5	513		47.0	92.3
47	47	Middlesex	3.7	211	3a	47.0	84.4
61	60	Gloucestershire	3.6	266		46.0	83.1
63	65	Worcester	3.7	217		46.0	81.6
71	-	Plymouth St Mark and St John		233		46.0	79.9
8	7	Lancaster		329	5*	45.0	96.4
25	-	King's College London		406		45.0	88.5
47	44	Liverpool John Moores	3.7	265	3b	45.0	84.4
49	39	Sheffield Hallam	3.6	264	3a	45.0	84.2
50	48	Greenwich	3.7	209	3b	45.0	84.0
20	12	Aberystwyth		258	5	44.0	90.8
30	41	London South Bank	3.7	212	4	44.0	87.2
39	40	Brighton	3.6	284	3b	44.0	85.2
58	53	Swansea	3.7	274		44.0	83.4
74	-	Derby		223		44.0	78.8
32	38	Staffordshire	3.9	254	4	43.0	86.9
66	63	Buckinghamshire New	3.5	223		43.0	80.6
33	33	De Montfort	3.7	245	3a	42.0	86.8
37	36	Sunderland	3.8	265	3a	42.0	85.8
52	57	St Mary's	4.1	246		42.0	83.6
64	64	Chester	3.4	257		42.0	81.2
38	45	Northumbria	3.5	269	4	41.0	85.3
70	-	Huddersfield		267		41.0	80.3
4	5	Warwick		426	5	40.0	98.3
42	59	Portsmouth	4.0	304		40.0	84.9
67	71	Wolverhampton	3.9	181	2	40.0	80.5
76	68	Anglia Ruskin		229		40.0	78.1
28	34	West of England, Bristol	3.8	286	4	39.0	88.3
51	49	East London	3.7	198	5	39.0	83.8
25	24	Ulster	3.8	271	4	37.0	88.5
54	53	Queen's, Belfast	3.6	328		37.0	83.5
62	72	Edge Hill	4.1	247		36.0	82.3
71	61	Glamorgan	3.5	243		36.0	79.9
65	-	Manchester Metropolitan	3.8	238		35.0	80.8
77	69	Northampton	3.5	214		33.0	77.9
54	70	Chichester	4.1	297		32.0	83.5
75	57	West of Scotland		288		30.0	78.3
67	-	York St John	4.0	242		29.0	80.5
67	65	Teesside	3.7	226	2	25.0	80.5
73	73	UWIC, Cardiff	3.9	252		25.0	79.4
78	74	Bedfordshire	3.8	181	3a	21.0	77.4
25	-	Bath Spa	4.0	276	3b		88.5
52	-	Keele	3.7	294			83.6
59	-	Surrey	3.6	297			83.3
60	67	Hertfordshire	3.7	275	1		83.2

Please note that some Universities have missing data. Where the table is ranked by a single measure, the institutions with no data for that measure appear at the bottom.

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Maximum scores:
Student Satisfaction	5.00	Facilities spend	N/A
Research Assessment	4.00	Good Honours	100.0
Entry Standards	N/A	Graduate Prospects	100.0
Student Staff Ratio	N/A	Completion	100.0
Academic Services Spend	N/A	Overall Score	1000.0