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Queen Margaret Uni

1st

0

2.96 / 5

88 / 100

94 / 100

40.00
Uni of Worcester

2nd

6

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

14.74
Uni of Chichester

3rd

6

3.82 / 5

86 / 100

91 / 100

25.00
Edge Hill Uni

4th

1

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

92 / 100

15.06
Robert Gordon Uni

5th

5

2.91 / 5

88 / 100

94 / 100

34.59
Uni of Gloucestershire

6th

-3

3.58 / 5

84 / 100

90 / 100

29.32
Uni of Cumbria

7th

-1

3.42 / 5

88 / 100

90 / 100

26.42
Keele Uni

8th

8

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

16.29
Uni of Chester

9th

5

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

13.73
Uni of Bedfordshire

10th

-3

3.16 / 5

86 / 100

84 / 100

33.00
Staffordshire Uni

11th

-9

3.02 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

32.86
The Uni of Salford

12th

9

4.07 / 5

84 / 100

82 / 100

20.15
Bath Spa Uni

13th

-2

3.58 / 5

83 / 100

91 / 100

21.42
York St John Uni

14th

-10

3.50 / 5

86 / 100

93 / 100

19.37
Liverpool JM

15th

7

4.30 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

7.71
Uni of Winchester

16th

8

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

18.35
Uni of Wolverhampton

17th

9

3.75 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

16.25
Bangor Uni

18th

-3

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

13.46
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

19th

-6

3.89 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

18.21
Ulster Uni

20th

-2

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

92 / 100

9.33
Sheffield Hallam Uni

21st

-1

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

10.24
Cardiff Met Uni

22nd

-3

3.89 / 5

89 / 100

91 / 100

8.74
Edinburgh Napier

23rd

13

3.79 / 5

85 / 100

96 / 100

9.66
Uni of Surrey

24th

1

4.07 / 5

88 / 100

91 / 100

6.22
Nottingham Trent

25th

8

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

91 / 100

4.97
Uni of Derby

26th

33

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

90 / 100

6.99
Uni of Liverpool

27th

2

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

2.62
Uni of C.Lancashire

28th

-11

3.44 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

15.71
Uni of Plymouth

29th

-1

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

8.92
Uni of Lincoln

30th

14

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

90 / 100

8.88
Leeds Beckett Uni

31st

0

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

6.50
Uni of Brighton

32nd

11

3.78 / 5

86 / 100

91 / 100

8.97
Glasgow Caledonian

33rd

-10

3.46 / 5

88 / 100

93 / 100

11.41
Bournemouth Uni

34th

15

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

4.20
Loughborough Uni

35th

-1

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

94 / 100

2.33
Uni of Hull

36th

6

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

7.98
UCL

37th

-5

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

87 / 100

8.83
Aston Uni

38th

-3

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

93 / 100

2.83
Oxford Brookes

39th

14

3.96 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

5.93
Uni of Birmingham

40th

-2

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

91 / 100

2.34
Aberystwyth Uni

41st

-29

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

13.98
Birmingham City Uni

42nd

-3

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

10.26
Manchester Met Uni

43rd

19

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

90 / 100

3.90
Open Uni

44th

38

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

4.38
Uni of Exeter

45th

1

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

4.37
Uni of Leicester

46th

28

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

3.19
Goldsmiths, UOL

47th

0

3.27 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

10.33
Northumbria Uni

48th

-7

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

1.76
Newcastle Uni

49th

20

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

2.52
Uni of York

50th

2

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

5.43
UEA

51st

22

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

5.87
Swansea Uni

52nd

-15

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

5.75
Uni of Leeds

53rd

2

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

2.37
Cardiff Uni

54th

-3

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

1.93
UWE, Bristol

55th

5

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

91 / 100

5.47
USW

56th

22

3.58 / 5

86 / 100

86 / 100

11.02
Middlesex Uni

57th

26

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

3.67
Bishop Grosseteste Uni

58th

56

3.59 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of East London

59th

12

3.39 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

16.20
Uni of Strathclyde

60th

-4

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

92 / 100

2.81
Uni of Bolton

61st

-31

3.17 / 5

88 / 100

79 / 100

18.88
Uni of Reading

62nd

-12

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

3.15
Uni of Bath

63rd

-23

3.65 / 5

86 / 100

94 / 100

3.69
Uni of West Scotland

64th

30

3.66 / 5

84 / 100

91 / 100

6.26
Uni of Sheffield

65th

-20

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

2.32
Uni of Manchester

66th

25

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

2.13
Uni of Portsmouth

67th

-2

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

3.23
Queen's Uni

68th

-1

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

4.53
Queen Mary, UOL

69th

7

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

84 / 100

5.25
De Montfort

70th

16

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

87 / 100

2.24
Uni of Glasgow

71st

4

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

2.66
LSBU

72nd

-24

3.23 / 5

84 / 100

80 / 100

16.67
Lancaster Uni

73rd

8

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

92 / 100

1.81
Uni of Bristol

74th

-16

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

4.15
Royal Holloway

75th

9

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

88 / 100

4.39
Uni of Sussex

76th

3

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

89 / 100

3.05
City, UOL

77th

16

3.62 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

2.82
Uni of Huddersfield

78th

12

3.72 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

3.08
Uni of Westminster

79th

13

3.73 / 5

82 / 100

82 / 100

6.21
Canterbury Uni

80th

18

3.64 / 5

88 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Roehampton

81st

-27

3.07 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

15.56
Kingston Uni

82nd

15

3.66 / 5

82 / 100

85 / 100

5.34
Harper Adams Uni

83rd

25

2.90 / 5

93 / 100

100 / 100

London Met Uni

84th

-57

2.56 / 5

82 / 100

82 / 100

23.64
Stranmillis College

85th

30

2.80 / 5

95 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Dundee

86th

-18

3.11 / 5

87 / 100

84 / 100

9.76
Uni of Greenwich

87th

2

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

3.33
Uni of Kent

88th

-11

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

91 / 100

4.15
Falmouth Uni

89th

20

3.91 / 5

75 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Edinburgh

90th

-5

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

3.32
Liverpool Hope Uni

91st

-28

3.32 / 5

88 / 100

91 / 100

Heriot-Watt Uni

92nd

-20

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

8.91
St Mary's, Twickenham

93rd

-13

3.20 / 5

91 / 100

90 / 100

Uni of Southampton

94th

-33

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

3.45
Uni of Northampton

95th

-31

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

10.61
Uni of Bradford

96th

-30

2.74 / 5

89 / 100

88 / 100

8.76
Durham Uni

97th

-10

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

2.70
AUP

98th

21

3.23 / 5

79 / 100

100 / 100

Coventry Uni

99th

-3

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

84 / 100

3.74
Uni of Cambridge

100th

2

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

67 / 100

6.00
Uni of Hertfordshire

101st

-44

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

10.37
Royal Agricultural University

102nd

15

3.14 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

Uni of St. Andrews

103rd

-2

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

80 / 100

9.64
Uni of Stirling

104th

-1

2.82 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

5.26
Brunel Uni London

105th

1

3.36 / 5

82 / 100

82 / 100

3.78
Uni of Oxford

106th

-36

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

4.10
Uni of Essex

107th

-12

3.15 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

2.56
Teesside Uni

108th

-9

2.90 / 5

88 / 100

89 / 100

Abertay Uni

109th

-2

3.32 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

Blackburn

110th

14

2.83 / 5

78 / 100

100 / 100

Uni College Birmingham

111th

-7

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

82 / 100

Leeds Trinity Uni

112th

-1

3.10 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of West London

113th

-1

3.21 / 5

84 / 100

82 / 100

Solent Uni

114th

-14

3.17 / 5

80 / 100

86 / 100

Bucks New Uni

115th

5

2.91 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

Cambridge Regional

116th

17

2.41 / 5

81 / 100

100 / 100

Norwich Uni Arts

117th

-1

2.57 / 5

76 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Suffolk

118th

16

3.00 / 5

89 / 100

73 / 100

UAL

119th

9

2.65 / 5

75 / 100

95 / 100

UWTSD

120th

10

2.94 / 5

82 / 100

79 / 100

Uni for Creative Arts

121st

1

2.96 / 5

74 / 100

87 / 100

BPP Uni

122nd

7

2.68 / 5

87 / 100

75 / 100

SOAS

123rd

-5

2.78 / 5

82 / 100

50 / 100

15.95
Arts Bournemouth

124th

1

3.40 / 5

73 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Sunderland

125th

-15

2.53 / 5

85 / 100

75 / 100

East Sussex College

126th

11

3.04 / 5

82 / 100

63 / 100

Warwickshire College

127th

0

0.56 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

Wrexham Uni

128th

-15

0.80 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

129th

-41

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

80 / 100

4.71
North West Regional College

130th

-9

0.71 / 5

90 / 100

89 / 100

Highlands & Islands

131st

-5

0.69 / 5

87 / 100

85 / 100

Newman Uni

132nd

-27

1.04 / 5

90 / 100

67 / 100

Birkbeck Uni

133rd

-2

0.68 / 5

80 / 100

76 / 100

5.43
Colchester Institute

134th

-11

0.77 / 5

82 / 100

80 / 100

New College, Durham

135th

0

0.50 / 5

88 / 100

78 / 100

Richmond AIUIL

136th

0

0.50 / 5

85 / 100

77 / 100

Uni of Law

137th

2

3.37 / 5

87 / 100

Southampton City College

138th

-6

0.76 / 5

85 / 100

67 / 100

Kingston College

139th

-1

0.66 / 5

81 / 100

50 / 100

Bradford College

140th

0

0.77 / 5

84 / 100

Gloucestershire College

141st

0

0.62 / 5

75 / 100

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