Scottish university named best in UK, knocking Oxbridge from top spot

A Scottish university has knocked Oxford and Cambridge off the top spot in a national league table for the second time in 30 years.

The guide evaluates everything from satisfaction with teaching quality and the student experience through to degree completion rates and graduate employment prospects. It leapfrogged Glasgow-based University of Strathclyde, which has dropped one place to fifth after coming fourth in last year’s rankings.Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Stirling switched places in this year’s rankings, with the Glasgow-based university coming in at seventh and Stirling dropping down one place to eighth.

But fellow Edinburgh-based university, Heriot Watt, has fallen three places in the rankings, to 12th. Helen Davies, editor of The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide, said: “The higher education landscape has never been tougher.

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