The University of Winchester has rocketed up the Guardian University league table, climbing over 25 places. The University now sits in 69th place, up from 96th last year.
The newspaper rates Universities on a variety of factors, including satisfaction with teaching and the chances of getting a job on graduation.
It appears Winchester's rise was mainly down to an increase in it's “value added score,” which rates a university's ability to turn students that have a low entry score into a student that leaves with a good degree.
The league tables not only show how good a university is overall, but also how good individual courses are. Some subject areas at the University scored particularly highly. Sport came in at 25th place and the teaching department came in at 11th.
A spokesperson for the University said: “The University of Winchester has risen 27 places in the latest Guardian University Guide 2012, published yesterday. The results showed that the University has gone from 96th place in 2011 to 69th in 2012, being one of only four universities in the benchmarking group to improve their ranking.
At subject level there has been improvement for Archaeology, Education and Sports Science. The result reflects the University’s continued focus on delivering an excellent student experience and improving programme delivery.”
Cambridge came top of the Guardian poll, displacing arch-rivals Oxford who spent the previous six years at number one.
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