Russell Group

Oxford makes £198m more from research grants than from tuition fees – while LSE, despite ranking third for research quality, brings in the least research income of any Russell Group university

At Queen Mary, 5.8 per cent of first year students do not continue their studies – the highest dropout rate of any Russell Group university, and nearly three times the rate at Cambridge

LSE derives 38.8 per cent of its income from international tuition fees, nearly four times the proportion at Oxford and Cambridge

Cambridge is the only Russell Group university to achieve a perfect 1,000, leaving a 373-point gap between the highest and lowest institutions in the group

Cambridge topped the rankings with a maximum score of 208, while Liverpool recorded the lowest among Russell Group universities at 137, a gap of 71 points

Southampton had 317 days of reserves at the same point, more than 13 times Nottingham’s figure, despite both being Russell Group universities

Sheffield ranks only 13th overall among Russell Group universities, but its students rate it the most positively of any of the 24, according to new rankings

Trinity College Cambridge holds more than 56 times the net assets of Clare Hall, despite both being colleges at the same university

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