| University TQA RAE A Lev Score 1 Birmingham 23 5* A 22.3 96.2 2 Cambridge 23 5 A 95.3 3 Oxford 22 5 B 26.0 88.2 4 Edinburgh 4 A 27.5 85.0 5 Durham 22 4 A 22.6 84.4 6 London, SOAS 22 4 B 18.0 79.1 7 Manchester 20 5 A 15.5 73.9 8 Exeter 20 3a A 16.0 66.8 9 Leeds 21 3b A 12.8 65.2 Employment: 61.9% (Mid East), 57.1% (African)Further study: 28.6% (Mid East), 14.3% (African)Unemployment: 9.5% (Mid East), 9.5% (African) ONLY nine universities offer Middle Eastern or African studies, but there is still a wide range of standards. Oxford averaged the equivalent of an A and two Bs at A level in 1998; at Leeds the average was little more than three Ds. Birmingham tops the table as the only university rated internationally outstanding for research and tying with second-placed Cambridge for the best teaching-quality grade. No university was awarded less than 20 points out of 24 for teaching quality. |
