University

Score

1

East Anglia

E

5*

A

23.1

95.5

2

Reading

E

5*

A

21.0

93.6

3

Nottingham

23

5

A

17.7

91.6

4

Southampton

E

5

B

22.0

88.4

5

Lancaster

E

5

A

19.0

88.2

6

London, Imperial

4

A

20.5

80.6

7

Plymouth

E

3a

A

14.5

76.8

8

Stirling

E

3b

C

20.8

75.3

9

Ulster

E

3b

A

15.1

73.6

10

Bangor

S

4

B

19.1

68.9

11

Hertfordshire

E

3b

C

11.8

67.5

12

Liverpool

E

19.2

66.3

13

Newcastle

3a

A

16.1

65.5

14

Aberystwyth

E

17.1

64.5

15

London, Queen Mary

E

14.3

62.1

16

Dundee

HS

22.0

61.9

17

Greenwich

E

2

E

11.0

61.1

18

Bradford

S

3b

B

16.7

60.1

19

Manchester Metropolitan

S

3b

B

14.2

58.0

20

Sheffield

S

21.8

54.9

Anglia

S

1

C

Bournemouth

S

1

B

Kent

S

2

A

Liverpool John Moores

S

2

E

10.5

Luton

S

2

D

11.0

Middlesex

S

2

D

13.0

Northumbria

S

13.5

Salford

S

14.1

Sussex

S

16.6

Westminster

S

14.0

Bristol, West of England

S

10.6

Central Lancashire

S

1

E

10.0

Coventry

S

12.0

Derby

S

2

E

6.0

East London

S

5.3

Huddersfield

S

10.1

Kingston

S

8.3

Lincolnshire & Humberside

S

11.2

Robert Gordon

2

A

10.0

Sheffield Hallam

2

C

12.5

Staffordshire

S

1

A

8.4

Sunderland

S

2

D

7.7

Teesside

S

11.2

Wolverhampton

S

1

D

10.1

Employment: 63.8% Further study: 20.9% Unemployment: 7.8%EAST Anglia and Reading share the highest teaching and research gradings but UEA nudges ahead on the higher average A-level points of its students (23.1 compared to 21 for Reading). Plymouth's position comes despite the second-lowest A-level average of the top 20 universities and reflects an excellent rating for its undergraduate programme, as well as the success of its academics in the Research Assessment Exercise. It is one of four new universities to make the top 20, of which Hertfordshire and Greenwich were also graded excellent for teaching.