| University TQA RAE A Lev Score 1 London School of Economics E 5* A 25.2 91.1 2 York E 5 A 18.3 82.0 3 Edinburgh E 4 A 23.1 82.0 4 Manchester E 4 A 22.1 81.2 5 Bath E 5 B 19.5 80.5 6 Brunel E 4 A 80.2 7 Kent E 5 A 15.8 80.1 8 Sheffield E 4 B 77.7 9 Hull E 4 A 13.3 74.4 10 Warwick 24 26.0 74.2 11 Newcastle E 3a B 19.3 73.7 12 Glasgow E 4 C 73.5 13 Ulster E 4 C 17.6 72.3 14 Nottingham 21 3b B 24.9 70.5 15 Bristol S 5 B 21.3 69.4 16 Birmingham S 4 A 23.0 69.3 17 London, Royal Holloway 21 3a B 17.6 68.2 18 Cardiff S 4 A 20.6 67.5 19 Sheffield Hallam 22 3b D 19.3 66.1 20 Loughborough 23 17.5 63.5 Bangor S 4 B 15.2 Leeds 20 23.5 London Guildhall E 2 A 10.0 London, Goldsmiths S 3a A 15.4 Middlesex 19 4 C 10.5 Portsmouth S 3b B 11.8 Queens, Belfast 19 3b A Southampton 21 21.5 Sunderland 21 2 D Sussex S 3a D 21.8 Brighton S 3b C 11.8 Central Lancashire S 12.2 East London S 6.0 Leeds Metropolitan S 3b D Lincolnshire & Humberside S 3b C 10.9 Luton S 2 B 11.6 North London S 2 D 2.5 Plymouth S 13.1 South Bank 4 C 10.8 Swansea S 15.5 Teesside S 11.2 Wolverhampton S 11.0 Employment: 70.4% Further study: 15.2% Unemployment: 7.3% THE social policy ranking is complicated by the fact that, even in England, universities were assessed for teaching quality under two different systems. But with an excellent grade for teaching and the only five-star rating for research, the London School of Economics is a clear winner. Thirteen universities were considered excellent at teaching, and Warwick scored the maximum 24 points under the assessment system, which was introduced in England in 1995. Sheffield Hallam is the only new university in the top 20. Another 16 institutions offering the subject are not included in the table because they chose to to have their teaching assessed under sociology. |
