News
16 August 2007
Brookes challenges top universities
Oxford Brookes has finished ahead of a number of traditional universities and is now placed as one of the UK’s top 50 universities in the latest The Times Good University Guide.
Consistently ranked as the UK’s best new university in the guide, Oxford Brookes is now overtaking ‘old universities’.
Key indicators from The Times league table show:
- Oxford Brookes is ranked 26th overall for graduate employment (this places Brookes ahead of many Russell Group Universities including Manchester, Nottingham and Edinburgh)
- Oxford Brookes has strong student satisfaction ratings - finishing ahead of 13 older universities
Oxford Brookes’ Vice-Chancellor, Professor Graham Upton, who is due to retire at the end of this month after ten years in post, says: “Our key strength has always been in excellent and innovative teaching and the head-start this gives our graduates in the employment market.
“Brookes has for the last decade been indisputably the country’s leading modern university. While this is an accolade we are certainly proud of, we are confident that we can compete with the country’s best universities.
“Now with the huge investment Brookes is making to develop research activities and the announcement this year of our £150m campus redevelopment plans, we can be sure that we will continue to offer students one of the best university experiences available.”
According to the 2008 Guide, the university has boosted its ranking by five places to be placed 49th out of 113 UK universities.
The Times says: “Among the generation of new universities, Oxford Brookes leads the way, breaking into the Top 50…and finishing ahead of a number of traditional universities.”
Details of the full league table can be found at www.timesonline.co.uk/gooduniversityguide
