| University TQA RAE A Lev Score 1 Cardiff E 5* A 20.5 90.0 2 Sheffield 23 5 B 22.2 89.5 3 Liverpool 23 4 A 18.7 85.1 4 Reading 22 4 A 21.3 83.2 5 Nottingham 23 3b C 22.4 77.7 6 Oxford Brookes 24 3a C 14.3 77.3 7 Newcastle 21 4 B 19.7 75.6 8 Queens, Belfast 22 3b B 20.0 73.4 9 Aberdeen 19 4 A 20.0 69.6 10 Greenwich 24 12.4 65.3 11 Kingston 24 12.4 65.3 12 Bristol, West of England 23 3b E 11.9 63.7 13 Manchester 20 3b B 18.0 63.3 14 Sheffield Hallam 22 3b E 13.9 61.3 15 South Bank 22 3a D 9.0 61.1 16 Leeds Metropolitan 21 3a D 12.0 59.7 17 Dundee 21 2 C 14.1 59.3 18 Salford 22 13.5 58.0 19 Strathclyde 19 3a C 54.6 20 Liverpool John Moores 18 3a A 10.9 53.5 Anglia 19 2 C 12.0 Central England 20 1 B 9.4 Coventry 19 11.4 De Montfort 21 2 C 6.0 Manchester Metropolitan 20 1 D 13.3 Northumbria 21 12.3 Westminster 20 3a E 9.5 Employment: 68.4%Further study: 21.2%Unemployment: 5.1%CARDIFF registers Wales's only top place in a subject table, as the only university considered internationally outstanding for research in town and country planning. It was also rated Excellent for teaching. In England, the new universities turned the tables on their older-established peers, with Oxford Brookes, Greenwich and Kingston recording the the only three perfect scores for teaching quality. Only a dozen old universities offer degrees in town and country planning, once only a postgraduate subject. More than 5,000 students now take first degree courses. |
