University rankings

Cambridge ranks first in the Complete University Guide but did not make StudentCrowd’s student satisfaction top 20, while Queen’s University Belfast ranked second

Oxford pays over five times more in interest and finance costs than Cambridge, despite both being old, wealthy universities

Hughes Hall and Wolfson take nine times more private school students than Lucy Cavendish, the lowest of any Oxbridge college

Cardiff spent £24.3m on restructuring linked to a voluntary severance scheme despite recording a £33.4m deficit, while 15 Russell Group universities recorded zero restructuring costs in the same year

Manchester topped 1,646 universities globally in the Times Higher Education sustainability rankings

A quarter of all UK graduates will be financially worse off over their lifetime than if they hadn’t gone to university, according to new IFS research

Oxford and Cambridge score 100 for learning experience in the QS World Rankings 2027 – Queen Mary scores just 24, less than a quarter

Liverpool has nearly 2,500 students searching for every available property – six times more competitive than Manchester and more than double London, according to UniHomes

Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and King’s College London all appear in the bottom 20 for student satisfaction despite their global reputations

Queen’s University Belfast scores just 20 for graduate employment outcomes – while Oxford, Cambridge and LSE all achieve a perfect 100, according to the QS 2027 rankings