There are many universities in the UK every year, and will be released one after another around the start of the school season. This year, various rankings will appear particularly lively.
First, REF has released a list of one issue after eight years, and then the QS list followed closely, ranking changed. The rankings of Times TIMES and the UK University Guide CUG will be released later.
This is, on September 16, UK time, the Times released the latest ranking of the 2023 university guide. After 12 years, Oxford returned to the top spot. It means that Oxford updated this good news on its official website as soon as possible. It seems that the top guys on the list also attach great importance to this list. The top ten schools in this issue of the Times list actually did not change much, but many schools have changed their positions. In addition to Oxford becoming the top spot, University of Bath also won the honor and was named the best university of the year, while Exeter is not named the runner-up of the year.
Others like Durham University were rated as the Sports University of the Year because the school trained the most sports stars, reaching 141.
Let's take a look at the top 20 members of this list:
No.1 Oxford University
No.2 St. Andrews University
No.3 Cambridge University
No.5 Imperial College London
No.6 Durham University
No.7 University College London
No.8 University of Bath
No.9 Warwick University
No.10 University of Edinburgh
No.11 Loughborough University
No.12 Lancaster University
No.13 Exeter University
No.14 Glasgow University
No.15 Bristol University
No.16 Southampton University
No.17 York University
No.18 University of Sclyde
No.19 Aberdeen University
No.20 Birmingham University
Just read it. Students who are used to QS World University Ranking and THE World University Rankings may not understand this list. Do you think there is something serious about this list? How to arrange it.
Even some people in China call this list too misleading rankings, and they simply despise this list to the dust.
In fact, when the QS rankings were not yet debuted, everyone came here to look at this list. Just before 2010, or even before 2015, the reference level of this list was unprecedented.
But now everyone is criticizing this list, saying that this list is a fence-skinned, saying that this list is labeled by Exeter, saying that this list is buying the list. What do you say about
Special list
? The indicator reference of this list is indeed not so academic, and the proportion of student satisfaction and graduate prospects is relatively high. It will also measure things such as dropout rate, research quality and teacher-student comparison, and teaching excellence. There are nine indicators in total, including services and equipment support, as well as degree completion rate. The ratio of the list of
is actually a basis, and many lists are actually derived from the data reference of the Times ranking. It just eliminated some things, such as student satisfaction. Because many high-end schools are generally low, such as Mandarin and Edinburgh .
Personally think that for international students, the reference coefficient of this list does not need to be that high, because the overall style of this list is actually for local students and is used for undergraduate studies. After reading the A-level, locals in the UK will refer to the list data and then look at the admission threshold, score, and student satisfaction.
For example, those who focus on employment prospects will choose IC, because Imperial College graduates have the highest score in terms of prospects, with more than 95.2% of students engaged in high-skilled jobs, or choose to continue to study.
Loughborough ranking has actually declined. This school is ranked high not because of its academic, research quality and employment prospects, but because the school has good reviews in equipment delivery and student satisfaction. Of course, the degree completion rate is also good.
Let’s talk about Shizuka University. As the best university of the year, this school ranks fifth in terms of graduation prospects. More than 90% of people are engaged in high-skilled jobs, or choose to continue their studies. The course completion rate reached 96.2%, ranking sixth in the UK. This school is also the best university in the Southwest region.
In addition, the Bath undergraduate admission threshold is not low, and this school actually has a very high reputation in the local area. When the TIMES ranking and CUG were popular, the school Bath is actually a super dark horse school. The quality of the source is much better than that of KCL and Bristol. It’s just that the times have changed, and for international students, the time for schools like Bath and Lancaster has come to an end. Various examples are released. Everyone was dazzled. The only thing that has not changed is the quality of teaching and teaching. And local students are still full of respect for this type of school.
There is a total conclusion: This kind of list is indeed not that large for Chinese students.
Of course, if you are studying A-level or preparatory courses in the UK, you can refer to it with the following key points. Because it involves admission score requirements and thresholds. It is still necessary to refer to this list appropriately.
But for students who pursue world university rankings, this list is useless and tasteless. I feel angry after reading it. I feel that all the schools I love are behind.
Isn’t that behind? Many comprehensive schools have low student satisfaction because the equipment is not enough to follow up, and there are also international students with too high comparisons. The most complaints are also the ones that are complained every year.
is the same sentence, for different groups of people, take the ranking rationally.
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