Talk:League tables of British universities

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[edit] Cambridge fares better?

For the fifth consecutive year Oxford has been placed first in the United Kingdom in the Times Good University Guide (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (sic)).^[1] Further, is the Times Good University Guide not the most respected guide? I just wonder if there is a bit of pro-Cambridge casuistry going on with this argument about the Times GUG concentrating more weight on central funding and hence under-estimating Cambridge. Oxford has the monopoly on Jesuitical practices!--195.92.67.74 01:55, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

The Sutton Trust results should be used as they constitute a formal calculation. Please don't alter or delete.

I have re-introduced Southampton which was ranked higher than either Bristol or Edinburgh, and was just 1 point below Bath (Sunday Times league table, 2002).

But Southampton only did well in the Sunday Times table. It does not usually make the top 20 in any other tables.

Isnt the Sunday times and the Times league tables the same? MikeyB! 20:21, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Have to agree there's a pro-Cambridge bias in this article... it's rather blatant!

The Times and Sunday Times produce different rankings. Personally id say the ST ones are slightly better but either is infinitely more reliable than the ludicrous Grauniad effort. I do find it suspicious that Oxford can be so consistently ranked no.1 overall when it is nowhere near Cambridge in terms of number of subjects for which it is ranked as no.1 . siarach 18:07, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

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