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That RAE analysis in full

Times: “Former polytechnics give Oxbridge a run for its money in rankings”

Guardian: ...”ex-polytechnics have failed to wrest a significant number of the stars awarded for research away from the research giants of the Russell Group of universities including Oxford and Cambridge.”

: 18 Dec 2008 15:15 |  Tags: Education Guardian Newspapers Rae Times Universities |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Keele Uni better than Warwick

It’s true. Well, it must be. Why else would their Vice-Chancellor award herself a 31.7% pay-rise this year? Maybe it’s because they had the UK’s fourth steepest decline in UCAS applications last year? Aw bless. At least they top a league table now.

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: 28 Feb 2007 09:52 |  Tags: Keele Universities Warwick |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Kids aren't as stupid as we thought they were

University degrees with significant rises in applications (2007 v 2006):

• Civil engineering 18,605 up 13%
• Economics: 37,974 up 12.8%
• Physics: 19,140 up 12.2%
• Chemistry: 20,786 up 11.3%
• Fine art: 9,703 up 10.5%
• Maths: 33,790 up 10%
• Music: 21,281 up 9.9%
• History: 6,021 up 9.2%
• English: 55,581 up 7.6%
• Biology: 23,367 up 6%

They’ve obviously noticed that if you’re graduating with tens of thousands of pounds of debt, you may as well do something useful.

: 14 Feb 2007 14:19 |  Tags: Art Biology Chemistry Children Economics Education English History Maths Music Physics Universities |  Comments (3) |  Close comments |  Report a problem