| | Russell Group -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | The Russell Group of universities is a self-selected group of large research-led (Click link for more info and facts about British universities) British universities; 18 of its 19 members are in the top 20 in terms of research funding. |
| | The group is often wrongly presented in the media, as a kind of British (A league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige) Ivy League, representing the interests of Britain's prestigious universities, although the group does not include some top British universities. |
| | The Russell Group identifies itself as being 'an association of 19 major research-intensive universities', and this is seen to be true in terms of the research funding the member institutes receive. |
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