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League Table Rankings

RAE 2008
Institution Research Fortnightly Power Rank THES Rank Manchester Power Rank Manchester 3* or Better Medal Table Rank Manchester 4* Medal Table Rank Research Coverage and Power Rank
 University of Plymouth  50  75  47  52  64  48
 Oxford Brookes University  70  72  69  69  69  58
 University of Brighton  62  59  60  62  53  61
 De Montfort University  65  63  66  64  62  62
 Nottingham Trent University  67  78  65  65  67  72
 Sheffield Hallam University  66  88  62  67  65  82
 Coventry University  94  106  88  91  96  83
 University of Portsmouth  68  68  67  66  68  85
 University of Hertfordshire  77  58  76  71  70  89
 University of Northumbria at Newcastle  81  81  80  79  82  92
 University of Wolverhampton  87  93  84  83  84  94
 Staffordshire University  116  121  109  107  116  108
 Birmingham City University  96  65  93  93  73  115
 University of Derby  123  96  116  115  99  125

Research Fortnightly Power Rank

Taken from the Research Fortnightly power measure which calculates a GPA using 4* = 16, 3* = 9, 2*= 4, 1* = 1 and U = 0 then multiplies it by the volume of full-time equivalent staff (FTE).

THES ranking

Taken from the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) the ranking is based on the average score of quality across the institution (GPA) but excludes very small specialist institutions.

Manchester Power Rank

Taken from the Manchester Victoria University the ranking is based on the average score of quality across the institution (GPA) multiplied by the number of full-time equivalent staff (FTE) submitted.

Manchester 3* or Better Medal Table Rank

Taken from the Manchester Victoria University the ranking is based on the volume of research activity which is judged to be ‘world-leading’ (4*) or ‘internationally excellent’ (3*) measured by the volume of full-time equivalent staff (FTE).

Manchester 4* Medal Table Rank

Taken from the Manchester Victoria University the ranking is based on the volume of research activity which is judged to be ‘world-leading’ (4*) measured by the volume of full-time equivalent staff (FTE).

Research Coverage and Power Ranking

The ranking is based on Percentage of Staff Submitted multiplied by the GPA, multiplied by Number of Staff Submitted, multiplied by the Number of UoA Submitted by the institution divided by Total Number of UoA.