University rankings

Newcastle, Sheffield and Manchester also rank in the bottom five, with ratios above 13

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

Five Russell Group universities scored below 80 per cent for graduate prospects – meaning one in five students at those institutions did not move into professional employment or further study

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

There are some surprises this year

The University of Oxford’s vice-chancellor has the largest total package at £666k, which is more than double that of the University of Glasgow’s VC

Leeds alone saw fee income fall by nearly £54m — more than the entire annual income of some UK universities

Two fifths of unis are predicted to have a deficit this year