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	Reporter 485 \| 28 October 2002 \| University league tables
		While a university’s standards can be maintained from year to year, its place in the league tables can shift wildly.
		Both insisted that league tables were likely to stay, and were intended as an aide to students and their parents.
		What’s needed are league tables run on better-thought out criteria, ideally, using the methods of cost-benefit analysis to put a value on different elements of higher education.
	reporter.leeds.ac.uk /485/s7.htm (977 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cambridge university (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The universities of Oxford and Cambridge, jointly referred to as Oxbridge, have since had a long history of competing with each other, and are typically regarded as the most elite and prestigious universities in the United Kingdom, and two of the most prestigious in the world (see Oxbridge rivalry).
		Cambridge is a collegiate university, with its main functions divided between the central departments of the university and a number of colleges.
		Cambridge’s status as a University is further confirmed by a decree in 1233 from Pope Gregory IX which awarded the ius non trahi extra (a form of legal protection) to the chancellor and universitas of scholars at Cambridge.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cambridge-university (2137 words)

	League Tables of British Universities - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Starting in the early 1990s, The Times newspaper started publishing league tables ranking British universities based on a number of criteria, such as the quality of their teaching and research (which were assessed by external inspectors), entry standards and dropout rates.
		These league tables have become increasingly popular over the last few years, and several other papers, such as The Guardian, now publish their own tables.
		The universities of Oxford and Cambridge have typically headed the list, based on their superior funding and prestige (stemming from the fact that they have significantly longer histories than other English universities).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/League_Tables_of_British_Universities (508 words)

	Science Fair Projects - League Tables of British Universities
		Starting in the early 1990s, The Times newspaper started publishing league tables ranking British universities based on a number of criteria, such as the quality of their teaching and research (which were assessed by external inspectors), entry standards and dropout rates.
		The universities of Oxford and Cambridge have typically headed the list, based on their superior funding and prestige (stemming from the fact that they have significantly longer histories than other English universities).
		Universities that appear high in league tables often attract the best students, and maintain their high entry standards and low dropout rates.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/League_Tables_of_British_Universities (664 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		League tables of British universities which rank the performances of universities in the United Kingdom on a number of criteria, have been published every year by The Times newspaper and several over newspapers since the early 1990s.
		Some league tables are more specific, ranking universities on their strength in individual subjects, and not just overall teaching and research across a range of subjects.
		League Tables, which usually focus on the full-time undergraduate student experience, commonly omit reference to the Open University and Birkbeck, University of London both of which specialise in teaching part-time students.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=League_Tables_of_British_Universities (1547 words)

	League Tables of British Universities Details, Meaning League Tables of British Universities Article and Explanation ...
		The universities of Oxford and Cambridge have typically headed the list, based on their superior funding and prestige, which allows them to attract some of Britain's best students, lecturers and researchers.
		The tables are often used by students when deciding which universities to apply to.
		Some tables are more specific, ranking universities on their strength in individual subjects, and not just overall teaching and research.
	www.e-paranoids.com /l/le/league_tables_of_british_universities.html (434 words)

	Higher \| EducationGuardian.co.uk
		Universities approach deadline for submissions for 2008 RAE.
		Find out which students were the most satisfied with their university and course.
		Visit our unique tables listing the fees charged for undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses for home and international students at all UK higher education institutions.
	education.guardian.co.uk /higher (439 words)

	University standards chief quits - Telegraph
		He said the step, taken by the Government under pressure from university vice-chancellors, meant that from next year only one course in 10 would be subject to external scrutiny - too few to promote public confidence in institutions that cost the taxpayer more than £5 billion a year.
		Teams of academics, employers and representatives of professional bodies have sat in on the teaching, talked to students and lecturers, examined the curriculum, scrutinised the assessment methods, judged the academic rigour and published their findings in detailed reports that are freely available on the internet.
		Universities UK, which speaks for the vice-chancellors, said that it was confident that cutting back the inspection system would "provide both better public information and a less burdensome process for universities and colleges".
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/08/22/nedu22.xml (690 words)

	International League Tables: Nottingham Confirmed in Global Elite - About the University - The University of Nottingham
		The University is one of the most popular choices for applicants, featuring in the Top 5 for volume of applications.
		It is also a Top 10 university for sports infrastructure and excellence, and it ranks in the Top 5 for the fewest number of students to leave their course before graduation.
		It identifies the university as one of the most desirable destinations in higher education with first-rate facilities, attractive campuses and the opportunity for some to study at Semenyih, near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, and Ningbo in China, where parallel courses are taught in English."
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /about/league-table.php (533 words)

	International Higher Education--15/14
		British ministers, of course, are inclined to make large claims for the reputation of British higher education abroad, but rather to one's surprise, in spite of various minor scandals, British higher education does seem to have held its position.
		British universities have benefited from the dual funding system and from the recognition that it is more efficient to invest in research in universities than in the Centre nationale de recherche scientifique or the Max Planck institute.
		There exists therefore the opportunity for British universities to enhance their position by entrepreneurial activities, and by further diversifying their funding base, and it is evident that many are doing so to considerable effect, though certainly not yet on anything like the scale one can find in the United States.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/newsletter/News15/text14.html (1503 words)

	University of Cambridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cambridge is a member of the Russell Group, a network of large, research-led British universities; the Coimbra Group, an association of leading European universities; the LERU (League of European Research Universities), and the IARU (International Alliance of Research Universities).
		Cambridge is a collegiate university, with its main functions divided between the central departments of the university and a number of colleges.
		Cambridge’s status as a University is further confirmed by a decree in 1233 from Pope Gregory IX which awarded the ius non trahi extra (a form of legal protection) to the chancellor and universitas of scholars at Cambridge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_Cambridge (4174 words)

	University of Cambridge
		King Henry VIII ordered the university to disband its Faculty of Canon Law and to stop teaching "scholastic philosophy." In response, colleges changed their curricula away from canon law and towards the classics, the Bible, and mathematics.
		The universities of Cambridge and Oxford are jointly referred to by the portmanteau term Oxbridge — at the same time as being culturally and practically associated with each other as a historic part of British society, the two universities also have a long history of competing with each other.
		The university is also closely linked with many of the high-tech businesses in and around Cambridge, which form the area known as Silicon Fen.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/un/university_of_cambridge.html (3869 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Education (Site not responding. Last check: )
		(The first chair of pedagogy was founded at the end of the 1770s at the University of Halle, Germany.) This quote by Lenzen includes the idea that education as a science cannot be separated from the educational traditions that existed before.
		In the West, the origins of education are associated with organized religion: priests and monks realised the importance of promoting positive virtues in the young and founded, maintained, and staffed school systems.
		A lack of good universities, and a low acceptance rate for good universities is evident in countries with a relatively high population density.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Education (2507 words)

	'Force universities to take more minority students' call \| the Daily Mail
		Universities have already been set "aspirational" targets for widening the social mix of students to include more undergraduates from state schools and deprived areas.
		He insisted he was not suggesting universities should lower entry their requirements for ethnic minority students or accept a fl student ahead of an equally-qualified white.
		He said universities which displayed "pathological" failure to recruit more ethnic minority students in line with their admissions targets could be put in "special measures".
	www.dailymail.co.uk /pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=391863&in_page_id=1770 (1439 words)

	Pomona College : Fellowships (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Use Postgrad Study in the navigation bar to search this data base of all taught and research courses at UK universities by type of degree course, subject, key words, and/or institution.
		This guide includes interactive tables that you may sort on various indicators, depending on your priorities.
		British degree nomenclature can be confusing for Americans.
	www.pomona.edu /adwr/fellowships/researchbritish.shtml (917 words)

	British Universities Transatlantic Exchange Association
		Entry requirements for most universities' courses are generally given in terms of A-levels, however please contact the universities of your choice for details of the North American qualification equivalents.
		If a university is on the semester system, then the Autumn (Fall) semester will run from the around the end of September to the end of January (with a four week Christmas vacation in December) and from the end of January to the middle of June (with a three week Easter vacation in April).
		Several national UK newspapers do produce 'league tables' every year, but it is important to note the criteria that are used in such league tables.
	www.butex.ac.uk /cgi-bin/general_pages.cgi?section_id=4§ion2_id=10§ion3_id=7&form=ugdegree (2675 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Education \| League tables sway high flyers
		The university choices of the most ambitious applicants are increasingly influenced by unofficial newspaper league tables, say researchers.
		A record number of people are seeking to enter university this year - and this study from the Knowledge Partnership, found that almost two-thirds of students are now looking at league tables before applying.
		Unlike school league tables, university tables are not based on direct comparisons of exam results - but use a variety of factors, including research, teaching quality and student satisfaction.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/education/6398309.stm (406 words)

	ipedia.com: University of Cambridge Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In addition, both are members of the Russell Group of Universities (a network of large, research-led British universities), the Coimbra Group (an association of leading European universities) and the LERU (League of European Research Universities).
		Although the university now offers courses in a large number of subjects, it had a particularly strong emphasis on Mathematics up until the early 19th century, and study of this subject was compulsory for graduation.
		Representing the university in certain sports entitles the athlete to apply for a blue at the discretion of a Blues Committee consisting of the captains of the thirteen most prestigious sports.
	www.ipedia.com /university_of_cambridge.html (1355 words)

	STUDYING AT UNIVERSITY
		The third chapter rejects most of the conventional criteria used for ranking universities and suggests a fundamentally different approach, based on the funding that universities receive: this is the most useful criterion that prospective students should use in choosing which universities to apply to.
		University students should expect to be stretched but they should not worry about their studies.
		University teachers are increasingly being called upon explicitly to teach study skills to their students in formal courses.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~gwb/STUDYING.htm (2056 words)

	The world and the university
		Universities ought to have diverse specialities and expertise, and it is through such diversity that they can differentiate themselves and stand out.
		For universities, this looks increasingly likely to create a winner-take-all world, in which the 15 or 20 institutions that 'everyone' recognises will find it accordingly easier to attract queues of good applicants, good international faculty, sponsorship, research funding, in a potentially virtuous circle.
		British universities have remained as good and as successful as they have because they have been not merely independent in name and law but also, by European standards, fairly independent in reality too.
	www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk /2004-05/v17n2/01.shtml (1625 words)

	Gateway 2UK Education
		Some universities in the UK are over 600 years old and have a long tradition of offering personalised education.
		There are unofficial league tables compiled by newspapers and other publications, but they do not fully reflect the actual standard of the gateway2uk education or the department you wish to study in.
		Most British students go to the university or college in their hometown and do not refer to league tables, as they know that the Government monitors the quality.
	www.gateway2uk.com /faq.html (2132 words)

	Oxbridge catches up with US unis
		Cambridge and Oxford are the second best universities in the world, according to new league tables, with British universities closing the gap with their US counterparts.
		The hallowed British institutions share second spot with Yale University, with Harvard ranked number one in the new league table published by the Times Higher Education Supplement.
		There are now four British universities in the top ten in the list of the best 100, with University College London rising from 25th position in 2006 to ninth this year, the biggest rise of any institution.
	www.uknetguide.co.uk /NewsFeed/18347411/Oxbridge-catches-up-with-US-unis.html (279 words)

	Choose a degree \| EducationGuardian.co.uk
		A university is offering students the chance of a personalised prospectus tailor-made to their needs.
		British universities are damaging their reputations by offering science degrees in homeopathy, reflexology and other alternative medicines, scientists have warned.
		A university education does not come cheap, but with grants and bursaries becoming more easily available, cost need not be a bar to making a life-changing move, says John Beckett.
	education.guardian.co.uk /chooseadegree (609 words)

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