REF 2021: Communication, cultural and media studies, library and information management
LSE finishes on top again as Cardiff and Leicester repeat strong performances
LSE finishes on top again as Cardiff and Leicester repeat strong performances
Imperial College London on top for key Research Excellence Framework performance metric focused on quality
Medicine-focused institutions perform strongly on metric given weighting in latest round of Research Excellence Framework
‘Golden triangle’ institutions perform strongly on metric which accounts for 15 per cent of overall Research Excellence Framework scores
How we analyse the results of the Research Excellence Framework

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
UCL tops table for law as Kent, SOAS and Birmingham significantly improve their standings
The University of Strathclyde tops the ranking, with Royal Holloway coming second
LSE tops the table with Bristol second and Oxford falling from first to sixth
Oxford and Cambridge rise up the table, replacing York and Manchester in the top two positions
London School of Economics leads in anthropology and development unit of assessment table
University of Exeter tops the table based on GPA
UCL leads area studies unit of assessment table based on GPA
York is out in front for modern languages and linguistics while Bristol and Nottingham move up

Clearinghouse tally held up as incentive for institutions to encourage returners, while also affirming scale of political dilemma confronting Biden