Revealed: The eight Russell Group unis hit by cyber attacks since 2020 – Nottingham the most recent
Passport numbers and financial information were among details exposed in Nottingham’s 2026 attack – whilst Warwick kept data breach secret from its own students
Ranked: All 24 Russell Group unis by NSS student voice scores – Oxford lowest at 67.3 per cent
Sheffield leads the Russell Group at 84.6 per cent for student voice – while Oxford scores just 67.3 per cent, the lowest of any Russell Group university in the National Student Survey 2026
Ranked: Russell Group unis by campus and facilities – Oxford, Cambridge and LSE miss the top 20
Birmingham tops the facilities rankings but several of the UK’s most prestigious universities are nowhere to be seen
Ranked: Russell Group unis by employability – Oxford and Cambridge miss the top 20 again
Oxford and Cambridge top the Complete University Guide but failed to make StudentCrowd’s top 20 for employability – for the second time
Ranked: Russell Group unis by teaching quality reviews – UCL top, Oxford and Cambridge absent
Ulster University ranked first for teaching quality overall – while Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester and KCL failed to make the top 20 of StudentCrowd’s student reviews
Ranked: Russell Group unis by student social life – Oxford and Cambridge miss the top 20 again
Cambridge tops the Complete University Guide’s overall rankings but failed to make StudentCrowd’s top 20 for clubs and societies, with Oxford and Manchester also absent
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Ranked: All 24 Russell Group unis by proportion of EU undergrads – LSE highest at 8.5 per cent
LSE has the highest proportion of EU undergraduates of any Russell Group university at 8.5 per cent, while Birmingham has the lowest at just 0.8 per cent, according to The Tab’s analysis of HESA data
Ranked: All 24 Russell Group unis by public funding grants – Queen’s Belfast highest, LSE lowest
Glasgow and Edinburgh receive over 14 per cent of their income from public funding grants, while Oxford and Cambridge receive just 7.4 per cent each, the joint lowest of any Russell Group university alongside LSE
Ranked: Every Russell Group uni by QS arts and humanities 2026 – Oxford tops, Southampton last
Oxford scores 97.8 for arts and humanities in the QS 2026 rankings – Southampton scores just 69.6, a gap of 28.2 points between the highest and lowest Russell Group universities