University Subject Tables 2008

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Communication & Media Studies

CUG Rank		University Name	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
2008	2007	University Name		Research Assessment
1	-	Loughborough	384	5*	54.0	100.0
2	-	Cardiff	390	5	61.0	99.2
3	-	Leeds	391	4	72.0	98.9
4	-	Sheffield	399	4	68.0	98.3
5	-	Warwick	468	5	36.0	96.4
6	-	Sussex	391	4	52.0	96.3
7	-	Lancaster	331	5*	50.0	95.0
8	-	Goldsmiths College	336	5*	56.0	94.6
9	-	East Anglia	321	5*	43.0	94.0
10	-	Stirling	384	5	47.0	93.3
11	-	Glasgow	438		64.0	93.0
12	-	Aberystwyth	287	5		92.3
13	-	Central Lancashire	255	3b	77.0	91.1
13	-	Royal Holloway	359	5	36.0	91.1
15	-	Leicester	326	3a	53.0	90.8
16	-	Birmingham	391	3a	45.0	90.6
17	-	Westminster	327	5	54.0	90.1
18	-	Glasgow Caledonian	349	3a	45.0	89.8
19	-	Nottingham Trent	290	5	59.0	89.7
20	-	Liverpool	371		63.0	89.5
21	-	Robert Gordon	296	3b	66.0	89.1
22	-	City	327	3b	56.0	88.0
23	-	Napier	336	3a	50.0	87.8
24	-	Bournemouth	343		61.0	87.6
24	-	Ulster	266	4	46.0	87.6
26	-	Falmouth	272		71.0	86.7
27	-	Brunel	283		68.0	86.5
27	-	Leeds Metropolitan	283	3a	55.0	86.5
29	-	University College for the Creative Arts	361		48.0	85.1
30	-	Central England	295		59.0	84.7
31	-	Oxford Brookes	297		58.0	84.5
31	-	Queen Margaret	322	2	47.0	84.5
33	-	De Montfort	253	3a	41.0	84.1
34	-	West of England, Bristol	284	4	34.0	83.7
35	-	University of the Arts, London	344		45.0	83.4
36	-	Sunderland	271	3a	44.0	83.0
37	-	Salford	312		49.0	82.9
38	-	Staffordshire	241	4	45.0	82.7
39	-	Sheffield Hallam	277	3a	46.0	82.4
40	-	Brighton	276	3b	43.0	82.1
41	-	London South Bank	186	4	38.0	81.6
42	-	Bangor	255		54.0	81.4
43	-	Kingston	227		59.0	81.3
44	-	Liverpool John Moores	286	3b	42.0	81.2
45	-	Northumbria	255	4	34.0	80.5
45	-	Thames Valley	198	1	55.0	80.5
47	-	Middlesex	227	3a	42.0	80.3
48	-	Greenwich	215	3b	43.0	80.2
49	-	East London	193	5	39.0	79.6
49	-	Southampton Solent	261		46.0	79.6
51	-	Canterbury Christ Church	253		47.0	79.5
52	-	Cumbria	222		52.0	79.3
53	-	Queen's, Belfast	323		32.0	79.0
53	-	Swansea	259		44.0	79.0
55	-	Winchester	271	3a	28.0	78.8
56	-	Essex	279		38.0	78.4
57	-	St Mary's College	228		46.0	78.0
57	-	Paisley	298		33.0	78.0
59	-	Portsmouth	263		39.0	77.9
60	-	Gloucestershire	254		40.0	77.7
61	-	Glamorgan	297		31.0	77.5
62	-	Coventry	230	3b	38.0	77.4
63	-	Buckinghamshire Chilterns	206		47.0	77.2
64	-	Chester	251		38.0	77.0
65	-	Teesside	214	2	31.0	76.7
65	-	Worcester	212		44.0	76.7
67	-	Hertfordshire	240	1		76.0
68	-	Anglia Ruskin	202		41.0	75.4
69	-	Northampton	223		36.0	75.1
70	-	Chichester	236		33.0	75.0
71	-	Wolverhampton	195	2	37.0	74.9
72	-	Edge Hill	242		28.0	74.0
73	-	UWIC, Cardiff	244		24.0	73.0
74	-	Bedfordshire	190	3a	20.0	71.3

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