Russell Group

Manchester Metropolitan Uni fined students £10,980 for smoking and vaping since 2024

You could be at UCL, Bath or Warwick in September

You could still go to Edinburgh, Glasgow or UCL!

The University for the Creative Arts lost more than half its OfS teaching grant as creative and performing arts subjects received zero for 2026-27

Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham and Liverpool all score below Aberdeen and Strathclyde for law – despite all four being Russell Group universities, according to the Complete University Guide 2027

Liverpool ranks third for learning resources ahead of Warwick and Imperial, while Glasgow scores lowest of any Russell Group university at 86.7 per cent in the National Student Survey 2026

Southampton saw the biggest fall in applicants of any Russell Group university in the 2025 UCAS cycle, with a 2.6 per cent decrease – while Exeter saw the biggest rise at 15.5 per cent

Imperial College London jumped from 82.4 to 86.7 per cent in one year – while Edinburgh scored lowest of any Russell Group university at 79.4 per cent in the National Student Survey 2026

Exeter is proposing to cut 150 jobs across the university despite its own annual report claiming ‘a year of continued financial stability’ – while Nottingham risks leaving the East Midlands with no language degrees

The alliance will give students access to careers in cyber security, AI and robotics – here are all 35 universities that joined and the five Russell Group institutions that didn’t