Rank 2008	Rank 2001	Name	Power	Staff	Quality Index	Adjusted Quality
1	1	University of Oxford	1.00	2246	59.8	32.1
2	2	University of Cambridge	0.92	2040	60.3	31.5
3	3	University College London	0.74	1793	55.8	26.0
4	4	University of Manchester	0.74	1824	54.4	25.1
5	5	University of Edinburgh	0.64	1640	52.7	31.6
6	6	Imperial College London	0.53	1225	58.2	23.8
7	14	University of Nottingham	0.51	1388	49.5	25.7
8	8	University of Leeds	0.48	1270	50.4	25.1
9	12	University of Sheffield	0.45	1205	50.7	26.1
10	9	University of Bristol	0.45	1199	50.8	28.2
11	7	Kings College London	0.44	1172	50.3	23.3
12	10	University of Birmingham	0.42	1175	48.3	25.3
13	13	University of Southampton	0.41	1098	50.6	25.4
14	11	University of Glasgow	0.41	1161	47.0	26.5
15	18	University of Warwick	0.38	966	53.4	32.0
16	15	Cardiff University	0.38	1030	50.1	21.8
17	16	University of Newcastle	0.33	932	47.6	22.5
18	17	University of Liverpool	0.32	958	45.2	23.8
19	21	University of Durham	0.29	759	51.2	31.7
20	23	Queen Mary, University of London	0.26	687	51.2	24.9
21	19	Queen’s University of Belfast	0.26	770	45.6	22.6
22	24	University of York	0.26	654	53.0	28.0
23	31	Loughborough University	0.24	663	48.2	29.4
24	27	Lancaster University	0.23	611	50.7	29.9
25	30	University of Exeter	0.23	636	47.8	33.0
26	22	University of Leicester	0.22	713	42.3	25.0
27	28	London School of Economics	0.22	490	60.3	37.0
28	20	University of Reading	0.21	625	44.9	25.5
29	29	University of Aberdeen	0.20	585	46.4	19.7
30	26	University of Sussex	0.19	537	47.6	29.6
31	25	University of Strathclyde	0.19	588	42.8	19.6
32	38	University of St Andrews	0.19	491	50.8	29.5
33	34	University of Bath	0.18	470	50.4	26.1
34	36	University of East Anglia	0.18	506	46.6	23.6
35	33	University of Dundee	0.17	505	45.0	17.5
36	39	Royal Holloway, London	0.16	436	49.9	34.6
37	40	Swansea University	0.16	512	42.1	25.1
38	37	University of Ulster	0.16	481	43.8	14.6
39	45	Brunel University	0.16	534	39.1	24.6
40	44	University of Kent	0.15	430	47.6	21.9
41	35	University of Surrey	0.15	425	46.5	21.4
42	32	Open University	0.15	439	44.6	7.5
43	41	University of Essex	0.13	322	52.9	25.8
44	46	University of Hull	0.12	397	39.7	19.0
45	56	City University	0.12	354	44.4	19.1
46	49	Birkbeck College	0.12	327	47.9	28.3
47	47	Heriot-Watt University	0.11	349	43.4	25.1
48	50	University of Salford	0.11	358	40.4	15.7
49	55	Goldsmiths College	0.10	289	48.5	36.9
50	65	University of Plymouth	0.10	392	34.6	13.4
51	51	Aberystwyth University	0.10	301	44.0	26.0
52		Institute of Education	0.10	218	58.8	43.2
53	62	London School of Hygiene & TM	0.09	210	60.0	30.7
54	42	University of Stirling	0.09	297	41.1	19.3
55	53	Manchester Metropolitan University	0.09	355	34.1	8.7
56	54	Bangor University	0.09	284	42.0	19.9
57	43	Keele University	0.09	285	41.3	19.4
58	58	School of Oriental & African Studies	0.09	240	48.1	29.2
59		University of the Arts London	0.08	238	47.3	11.9
60	57	University of the West of England	0.08	320	34.8	8.8
61	52	University of Bradford	0.08	284	39.3	18.3
62	64	University of Brighton	0.08	252	41.6	12.3
63	61	Cranfield University	0.08	236	43.7	17.1
64	66	Aston University	0.07	237	42.1	22.0
65	48	De Montfort University	0.07	239	39.1	10.4
66	63	Sheffield Hallam University	0.07	286	32.5	7.0
67	59	Nottingham Trent University	0.07	264	34.8	8.3
68	60	University of Portsmouth	0.06	231	36.7	9.4
69	75	University of Westminster	0.06	226	36.9	8.1
70	68	Oxford Brookes University	0.06	226	35.6	10.0
71	80	University of Central Lancashire	0.05	245	29.7	6.8
72	74	London Metropolitan University	0.05	260	26.8	7.8
73	78	London Business School	0.05	90	74.7	69.6
74	82	Kingston University	0.05	214	31.3	7.4
75	69	Middlesex University	0.05	191	34.7	9.9
76	67	Liverpool John Moores University	0.05	193	34.2	6.2
77	70	University of Hertfordshire	0.05	155	41.1	5.7
78		Institute of Cancer Research	0.05	97	65.5	11.5
79	84	University of Glamorgan	0.05	198	31.5	7.4
80	85	Roehampton University	0.04	167	35.2	15.6
81	71	Northumbria University	0.04	162	34.1	5.5
82	92	Robert Gordon University	0.04	171	31.8	9.5
83	72	University of Greenwich	0.04	181	28.2	6.8
84	73	University of Sunderland	0.04	181	27.6	8.0
85	93	Napier University	0.04	192	25.7	8.6
86	79	Glasgow Caledonian University	0.04	158	30.2	6.0
87	90	University of Wolverhampton	0.03	151	31.0	5.3
88		St George’s, University of London	0.03	121	37.8	9.1
89		Royal Veterinary College	0.03	103	44.4	22.6
90	101	University of Lincoln	0.03	146	28.9	9.0
91	77	University of East London	0.03	111	37.1	7.7
92	99	Bournemouth University	0.03	111	35.8	6.6
93	86	Leeds Metropolitan University	0.03	121	32.4	3.9
94	81	Coventry University	0.03	136	27.0	5.6
95		Glasgow School of Art	0.03	77	45.6	28.6
96	88	Birmingham City University	0.03	87	40.2	3.4
97	89	University of Huddersfield	0.03	103	32.8	4.4
98	76	London South Bank	0.02	87	36.6	4.5
99		Royal College of Art	0.02	52	60.6	38.1
100		School of Pharmacy	0.02	55	54.4	26.4

The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
The RAE is a rigorous assessment of research quality in higher education, which takes place periodically across all UK universities, by the UK’s higher education funding bodies.

The RAE is conducted jointly by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland (DEL).

The assessment process takes many months and consists of disciplined-based peer-reviewed panels considering written submissions to units of assessment, which take into account the number of research active staff, research outputs, research students and studentships, external research income, research structure and strategies, and indicators of esteem.

Research Assessment Exercises have been held in the UK in 1986, 1989, 1992, 1996 and 2001.

Research Assessment Exercise 2008
The Research Assessment Exercise 2008 measures the universities’ research performance from 1 January 2001 to 31 October 2007.

The results of the RAE 2008 will be used to help decide how more than £1.5 billion per year will be allocated in research grants to British universities from 2009/10 onwards. HEFCE will announce how funds will be allocated in March 2009.

Research Fortnight’s Power Ranking
The Power Index scores the Unit of Assessment (UoA) submission with the largest Market Share as 1.0. All other submissions are then expressed as a proportion of the largest Market Share.

If the largest Market Share is 2.50%, then a UoA submission with a Market Share of 2.00% would have a Power Index of 2.0% / 2.5% = 0.8

Quality Profiles
The RAE 2008 differs to the 2001 assessment, as, rather than receiving one simple score from one to five star per unit of assessment, universities receive a quality profile indicating the proportion of the research that meets each of four quality levels or is unclassified.

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