University

TQA

RAE

A Lev

Score

1

Nottingham

23

5

A

18.5

89.7

2

Edinburgh

5

B

22.1

87.5

3

Newcastle

22

5

B

18.2

82.5

4

Aberdeen

4

A

18.0

78.4

5

Reading

21

4

B

17.7

74.2

6

London, Wye

22

3a

B

17.1

74.1

7

Cranfield

22

3a

C

72.8

8

Leeds

20

4

B

18.8

70.8

9

Queens, Belfast

21

5

D

16.8

67.5

10

Plymouth

22

1

C

12.9

58.8

11

Bangor

S

4

D

14.0

54.9

12

Aberystwyth

3b

C

15.7

50.5

13

Lincolnshire & Humberside

19

19.0

48.2

14

Bournemouth

20

12.0

47.1

15

Central Lancashire

18

22.7

46.8

16

De Montfort

16

2

A

37.0

Employment: 72.3% Further study: 13.2% Unemployment: 7.1% NOTTINGHAM is a convincing winner, with the best teaching and research assessments, but Edinburgh's high entrance requirements enable it to overtake Newcastle this year. Wye College, London University's agricultural outpost in Kent, is included for the first time, breaking straight into the top six. The other new entrant is Central Lancashire, which took in an agricultural college at Newton Rigg, Cumbria. Only 16 universities offer courses in this field. Plymouth is the top-placed new university, thanks to a teaching assessment which is second only to Nottingham's. Edinburgh aside, entrance requirements are modest.