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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am about to start an MA at Bristol in Sept. But it does not include the innovation.

This is a long thread and I see on this page LSE has been mentioned.

50% of undergrads are from overseas, 70% overall students (under & post) are from overseas.

It is also hugely more prestigious than UCL and Kings London.

One of the best places to guage quality of courses and institution (rankings) is The Complete University Guide. Priceless tool for anyone considering sending their kids to the UK to study.

https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/

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The one you mentioned plus

Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2024/sep/07/the-guardian-university-guide-2025-the-rankings
Times: https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/league-table[/quote]

The Times is ok, but a very right wing publication so to be taken with a pinch of salt
The Guardian is completely useless because it is entirely based on student satisfaction surveys which do not get answers from every single student and anyway, student "satisfaction" is not an arbiter of success.[/quote]

I get the Guardian angle. They make a different set of rankings that include a lot of Student satisfaction data, which is a good thing. Why be a copy cat. By providing a different view, it allows students to put the propert weight on each of these rankings. 
As far as the time being conservative, what does this have to do with their rankings? Their rankings are the most established in UK society as they are the oldest ones. at least all of the 3 are pretty transparent about how they rank. It is up to you the parent and your kids to evaluate them for what they are worth.

I do like that in the UK all of these rankings are really undergraduate focused. Whoever averaged the 3 rankings earlier did a great job. You combined the more academic rankings (2/3) with the more student satisfaction rankings (1/3) to come up with a fairly decent ranking.
Thanks. It has been posted earlier. There are 3 different league tables used in the UK.

average of all 3 look about right for an undergrad:

1. **University of Oxford** - 2.0
2. **University of St Andrews** - 2.67
3. **University of Cambridge** - 2.67
4. **London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)** - 2.67
5. **Imperial College London** - 5.33
6. **Durham University** - 6.0
7. **University of Bath** - 7.67
8. **University College London (UCL)** - 8.33
9. **Loughborough University** - 8.67
10. **University of Warwick** - 9.17
11. **Lancaster University** - 11.17
12. **University of Aberdeen** - 13.0
13. **University of Bristol** - 14.0
14. **University of Exeter** - 14.67
15. **University of Sheffield** - 17.33[/quote]

Wonder how much these shift on an annual basis? My guess is the top 5 is what it is with minor movements here and there. [/quote]

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