| University TQA RAE A Lev Score 1 Warwick 24 5 A 24.1 2 Birmingham 24 4 A 3 Sussex 24 4 A 23.0 4 Edinburgh E 5 A 28.3 5 Loughborough 23 5 A 19.5 6 Essex 22 5* A 19.3 7 York 23 4 A 22.8 8 Lancaster 21 5* A 19.4 9 Manchester 21 5 A 23.8 10 Brunel 22 4 B 24.0 11 Sheffield E 4 B 23.6 12 Aberdeen E 3a A 13 Surrey 21 5 B 19.2 14 Glasgow E 4 B 18.0 15 London, Goldsmiths 21 5 B 17.8 16 London School of Economics 20 4 A 25.0 17 Southampton 21 4 A 18.9 18 Bristol 21 3a A 23.2 19 Leeds 20 4 A 23.4 20 Durham 21 3a B 22.7 Exeter 21 3a C 20.5 Greenwich 23 3a B 9.8 Keele 22 3b B 19.4 Kent 21 3a C 20.5 London, Royal Holloway 21 3a B 20.5 Nottingham 21 3b B 25.6 Queens, Belfast 19 4 A 20.5 Reading 22 3b B 19.4 Salford 20 4 A 14.6 Strathclyde HS 3a A Bath 19 3a B 23.2 Bristol, West of England 23 3b D 13.9 Cardiff S 4 A 20.5 City 19 4 B 17.2 Leicester 19 4 B 19.6 Liverpool 21 3b B 19.7 Oxford Brookes 21 3b C Plymouth 20 3a B 14.3 Portsmouth 20 3a C 14.6 Sheffield Hallam 22 3b D 19.5 Anglia 20 2 C 14.3 Coventry 21 1 D 14.7 Hull 20 18.4 Kingston 21 13.0 Manchester Metropolitan 21 3b D 12.2 North London 4 A 5.5 Northumbria 20 2 E 14.1 Nottingham Trent 19 3b C 19.0 Sunderland 21 2 D 10.0 Thames Valley 22 6.0 Bangor S 14.6 Bradford 17 3a B Derby 18 3b C 11.5 East London 19 3a D 8.7 Glasgow Caledonian HS 11.5 Huddersfield 20 15.8 Paisley HS 12.9 Swansea S 17.5 Teesside 19 3a D 11.0 Wolverhampton 20 13.2 Central England 18 12.9 Central Lancashire 18 2 D 9.6 De Montfort 17 14.3 East Anglia 16 18.3 Hertfordshire 17 10.6 Lincolnshire & Humberside 16 9.7 Liverpool John Moores 18 17.4 London Guildhall 17 2 D 10.4 Luton 18 7.7 Middlesex 19 11.7 South Bank 19 8.8 Staffordshire 17 3b C 10.2 Ulster 17 3b D 18.0 Westminster 18 13.7 Employment: 64.9% Further study: 18.9% Unemployment: 8.5% WARWICK tops the sociology table as one of three universities scoring a maximum 24 points for teaching quality. The university's all-round quality edges out Birmingham and Sussex, the other two maximum scorers for teaching. Essex and Lancaster are the top research universities, while Edinburgh - like Aberdeen, rated excellent for teaching in Scotland - has the highest entry standards, averaging the equivalent of more than two As and a B at A level. Greenwich is the top-rated new university, narrowly missing a place in the top 20 with one of the best teaching quality assessments. Sociology has more than 17,500 undergraduates. |
