University

TQA

RAE

A Lev

Score

1

Reading

21

5*

A

19.1

85.2

2

London, UCL

5

A

16.8

83.7

3

Loughborough

22

5

C

20.3

80.3

4

Ulster

21

4

A

17.6

76.4

5

UMIST

22

3a

B

17.2

74.8

6

Oxford Brookes

23

3a

C

10.5

70.1

7

Kingston

24

2

D

11.1

68.0

8

Salford

18

5*

A

13.6

67.7

9

Heriot-Watt

S

5

C

16.8

64.6

10

Nottingham Trent

22

3a

E

14.0

63.1

11

Plymouth

23

1

D

11.5

62.3

12

Queens, Belfast

2

B

21.6

61.0

13

Liverpool John Moores

22

2

D

12.5

60.9

14

Northumbria

22

2

E

13.4

60.1

15

Greenwich

21

2

D

14.1

58.2

16

Westminster

22

12.1

57.1

17

Sheffield Hallam

21

3a

F

14.6

56.4

18

Coventry

22

3b

E

7.7

56.1

19

Napier

HS

3b

E

14.3

55.9

20

Luton

22

1

D

8.7

55.5

Anglia

20

1

E

8.6

Brighton

20

2

D

10.5

Bristol, West of England

21

2

E

12.0

Central Lancashire

20

3a

F

10.5

De Montfort

20

2

E

11.1

Glamorgan

3a

C

11.0

Leeds Metropolitan

21

2

E

12.5

Liverpool

17

4

C

14.9

Portsmouth

20

2

D

9.5

Wolverhampton

20

3b

D

13.2

Abertay Dundee

S

1

E

Central England

18

1

C

9.8

Derby

19

7.0

Glasgow Caledonian

S

3b

E

9.0

Hertfordshire

19

6.0

Huddersfield

1

F

7.6

Robert Gordon

S

2

E

11.3

South Bank

18

1

F

5.3

Staffordshire

17

1

E

11.5

Employed: 35% Further study 60.7% Unemployed: 3.2% BUILDING is one of the most open of the tables because there is less correlation than in most subjects between the top performers in teaching and research. Kingston was the only university with maximum points for teaching quality, but had low entry grades and research score. Reading takes top place as one of only two universities rated internationally outstanding for research. Salford was the other, but it suffered for a low teaching score. Most of the universities offering building are former polytechnics, and this is reflected in the fact that 44 per cent of students are admitted with qualifications other than A level.