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In recently published QS rankings for 2019, Oxford University has come first in five subject areas including English Language & Literature, Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Archaeology, Anthropology, and Geography, as well as the broad subject area of Arts and Humanities. This is the highest number of subject firsts in the UK and globally below only Harvard […]
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Image Credit: Photo © Jonathan Billinger (cc-by-sa/2.0) For the third consecutive year Oxford University has topped the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The ranking, which surveyed 1258 of the world’s universities, was announced this week in Singapore at the World Academic Summit. Oxford was highly rated on all factors making up the judging criteria […]
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Oxford has been declared the best UK university, and fifth best in the world, in the new QS world rankings, compiled annually by global higher education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds. It has risen one place and exchanged position with Cambridge, which is now sixth. All of the top four places were claimed by US institutions; […]
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A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), one of the UK’s leading higher education think tanks, has announced that undergraduate teaching at Oxbridge outperforms that at other UK universities in 12 different respects. It noted, in contrast, only three areas where Oxbridge was equal to or outperformed by its rivals. The report’s […]
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Oxford University has dropped to fifth in the latest Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings. Last year it finished joint fourth with Cambridge, which has retained its placing, making it the highest ranked UK institution. Oxford’s next-ranked British competitor was University College London, which came 18th. UK universities have been well represented, claiming nine out of […]
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Oxford University came in second place in the Guardian’s 2019 University league tables, beaten to the top spot by Cambridge University for the eighth consecutive year. Oxford received a score of 97.4, compared to Cambridge’s 100. Its next rival, St Andrews, was only a fifth of a point behind, on 97.2. It is the third year in […]
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The QS University Rankings have ranked London the best city in the world for students, beating thirty other major global cities such as Montreal, Paris and New York. It is, however, unclear as to whether this will continue to be the case in upcoming years. The International Student Survey, based on 67,000 prospective applicants, warned […]
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At the start of this year Andy Murray lost his fifth Australian Open final, on this occasion losing in straight sets to Novak Djokovic (a repeat result of the previous years’ final). At this point in time, with two grand slam wins under his belt and a vast array of other ATP titles, Murray had […]
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The impact of June’s referendum result, in which a majority of the electorate voted to leave the European Union, is beginning to be felt at universities across the United Kingdom. In the latest QS global rankings, the vast majority of British universities took a tumble down the table. While Oxford has maintained last year’s position […]
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My initial reaction to the news that Oxford had topped the Timed Higher Education World University Rankings was a thoroughly mature one. Punching the air and proudly texting my parents, “Look, I’m so clever”, and the subsequent embarrassed retraction, “But if I’m there, Oxford surely can’t be that great”, are clearly indicative of a great […]
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Oxford has fallen to fifth place in the Times Higher Education global ranking measuring worldwide reputation. Only ten UK universities remained in the top 100, in a table dominated by US institutions. The table was headed up for the sixth year in a row by Harvard, with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford placing […]
Continue ReadingMerton has reestablished its reputation as Oxford’s brainiest college by taking the top spot in this year’s Norrington Table. St John’s moved into second up from third last year and Worcester jumped eight places from 11th to third. New, last year’s table toppers, were demoted to fourth. At the bottom of the table Somerville, Teddy […]
Continue ReadingOxford has won joint 9th place in the ARWU Rankings, moving up one position since last year. Oxford was the second highest ranked UK university, with Cambridge achieving 5th place. The only other UK institutions to be in the top 50 were University College London (20th), Imperial College London (22nd), the University of Manchester (38th) […]
Continue ReadingNewly released university rankings have declared Oxford the best university in the UK and third globally. The annual QS World University Rankings listed Oxford as first in the world in modern languages, geography and English. The university placed third overall in the world, behind Harvard and MIT who ranked first in eleven and nine subjects […]
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