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Uni of Winchester

1st

0

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

68.33
UWE, Bristol

2nd

0

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

52.00
Edge Hill Uni

3rd

1

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

90 / 100

16.33
Ulster Uni

4th

-1

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

88 / 100

22.31
Liverpool JM

5th

0

4.30 / 5

86 / 100

95 / 100

11.47
Leeds Beckett Uni

6th

1

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

23.37
Uni of Plymouth

7th

1

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

92 / 100

19.33
Bournemouth Uni

8th

5

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

93 / 100

17.32
Nottingham Trent

9th

2

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

18.45
Uni of Worcester

10th

4

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Edinburgh Napier

11th

7

3.79 / 5

85 / 100

80 / 100

37.07
Anglia Ruskin Uni

12th

-6

3.89 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

28.38
Middlesex Uni

13th

18

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

8.18
Uni of Greenwich

14th

-2

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

16.41
Abertay Uni

15th

-6

3.32 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

26.14
Keele Uni

16th

17

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

9.79
Uni of Wolverhampton

17th

18

3.75 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

22.92
Swansea Uni

18th

-8

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

93 / 100

12.19
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

19th

3

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

87 / 100

6.43
Uni of Lincoln

20th

6

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

21.92
Uni of Strathclyde

21st

-4

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

93 / 100

11.18
Uni of Surrey

22nd

-3

4.07 / 5

88 / 100

78 / 100

14.30
Uni of Portsmouth

23rd

-7

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

94 / 100

12.96
Uni of Liverpool

24th

-4

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

5.72
Northumbria Uni

25th

-10

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

96 / 100

3.77
Sheffield Hallam Uni

26th

-5

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

94 / 100

Newcastle Uni

27th

11

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

8.82
Cardiff Uni

28th

0

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

85 / 100

6.79
Oxford Brookes

29th

11

3.96 / 5

84 / 100

81 / 100

18.69
Uni of Leicester

30th

18

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

5.91
Birmingham City Uni

31st

-1

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

79 / 100

20.73
Uni of Exeter

32nd

0

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

6.12
Canterbury Uni

33rd

19

3.64 / 5

88 / 100

88 / 100

8.66
Uni of Huddersfield

34th

7

3.72 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

17.50
Glasgow Caledonian

35th

-12

3.46 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Birmingham

36th

1

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

77 / 100

7.52
Uni of East London

37th

13

3.39 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

21.45
Uni of Reading

38th

-9

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

81 / 100

10.62
Queen's Uni

39th

-5

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

7.58
Uni of Sheffield

40th

-16

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

79 / 100

9.68
Uni of Leeds

41st

2

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

84 / 100

5.80
UEA

42nd

19

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

78 / 100

12.22
Uni of Manchester

43rd

29

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

5.85
Uni of C.Lancashire

44th

-19

3.44 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

18.28
Uni of West Scotland

45th

37

3.66 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Derby

46th

33

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Chester

47th

12

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

80 / 100

Manchester Met Uni

48th

16

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

87 / 100

Uni of York

49th

0

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

81 / 100

11.72
Royal Holloway

50th

6

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Cambridge

51st

-4

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

2.97
Queen Mary, UOL

52nd

6

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

84 / 100

4.21
Open Uni

53rd

34

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

78 / 100

8.32
Aston Uni

54th

-3

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

80 / 100

De Montfort

55th

15

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

9.06
Uni of Warwick

56th

4

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

7.26
The Uni of Salford

57th

19

4.07 / 5

84 / 100

84 / 100

Uni of Edinburgh

58th

-16

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

4.62
Uni of Suffolk

59th

45

3.00 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Stirling

60th

-5

2.82 / 5

86 / 100

90 / 100

23.03
UCL

61st

-4

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

75 / 100

6.13
City, UOL

62nd

12

3.62 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

9.43
Uni of Dundee

63rd

-24

3.11 / 5

87 / 100

90 / 100

10.26
Lancaster Uni

64th

1

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

82 / 100

8.31
Durham Uni

65th

-19

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

6.26
Uni of Sussex

66th

-3

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

88 / 100

5.56
Uni of Bristol

67th

-22

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

85 / 100

5.53
USW

68th

20

3.58 / 5

86 / 100

87 / 100

Uni of Hull

69th

11

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

77 / 100

Aberystwyth Uni

70th

-43

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

86 / 100

20.79
Uni of Southampton

71st

-35

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

9.91
Northeastern Uni

72nd

34

2.90 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Cumbria

73rd

13

3.42 / 5

88 / 100

80 / 100

Bangor Uni

74th

7

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Brighton

75th

15

3.78 / 5

86 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Law

76th

22

3.37 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

Bucks New Uni

77th

24

2.91 / 5

85 / 100

100 / 100

Robert Gordon Uni

78th

24

2.91 / 5

88 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Westminster

79th

10

3.73 / 5

82 / 100

77 / 100

8.62
York St John Uni

80th

-14

3.50 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

St Mary's, Twickenham

81st

-10

3.20 / 5

91 / 100

75 / 100

LSBU

82nd

-9

3.23 / 5

84 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Roehampton

83rd

-14

3.07 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Kingston Uni

84th

15

3.66 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Kent

85th

-7

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

7.81
Solent Uni

86th

-24

3.17 / 5

80 / 100

100 / 100

Liverpool Hope Uni

87th

-20

3.32 / 5

88 / 100

75 / 100

Teesside Uni

88th

-3

2.90 / 5

88 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Essex

89th

-12

3.15 / 5

83 / 100

86 / 100

4.04
Uni of West London

90th

4

3.21 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

Coventry Uni

91st

0

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Oxford

92nd

-48

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

79 / 100

2.42
Uni of Gloucestershire

93rd

4

3.58 / 5

84 / 100

75 / 100

Brunel Uni London

94th

1

3.36 / 5

82 / 100

78 / 100

7.35
Uni of Northampton

95th

-20

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Bedfordshire

96th

-3

3.16 / 5

86 / 100

80 / 100

SOAS

97th

-13

2.78 / 5

82 / 100

86 / 100

14.62
Staffordshire Uni

98th

-15

3.02 / 5

87 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Bolton

99th

-3

3.17 / 5

88 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Sunderland

100th

-32

2.53 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

Uni of Bradford

101st

-1

2.74 / 5

89 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Hertfordshire

102nd

-10

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

76 / 100

London Met Uni

103rd

0

2.56 / 5

82 / 100

78 / 100

Leeds Trinity Uni

104th

1

3.10 / 5

86 / 100

50 / 100

Blackburn

105th

4

2.83 / 5

78 / 100

67 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

106th

-53

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

7.51
LSE

107th

-53

1.01 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

5.73
Birkbeck Uni

108th

-1

0.68 / 5

80 / 100

70 / 100

6.60
Heriot-Watt Uni

109th

-1

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

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