Golden Triangle (UK universities)
- Not to be confused with Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh) or Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia).
The "Golden Triangle" is a term used to describe a number of leading British research universities based in Cambridge, London and Oxford.[1][2]
The city of Cambridge, represented by the University of Cambridge, and the city of Oxford, represented by the University of Oxford, form two corners of the triangle. The third is formed by London, represented by three constituent colleges of the federal University of London — King's College London, the London School of Economics and Political Science and University College London — and Imperial College London (Imperial having left the University of London in 2007).[3] King's College London and the London School of Economics are not universally included as part of the grouping by education experts.[4][5]
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[edit] Rankings
Each of the members of the Golden Triangle enjoy high positions in both global and UK university rankings. In the 2011 QS World University Rankings, Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford and UCL are all ranked in the overall top ten, King's is ranked 27th overall and the LSE is ranked 6th in the world for Social Sciences.[6][7]
[edit] Research income
The members of the Golden Triangle have amongst the highest research incomes of all British universities. In 2009/10, Oxford, Imperial, UCL and Cambridge had respectively the highest, second-highest, third-highest and fourth-highest research incomes of all UK universities, with King's the seventh-highest.[8] The smaller and more specialist LSE had a research income of £23.8 million.[8]
| University | Research income (£,000) | |
| 1 | University of Oxford | 367,000 |
| 2 | Imperial College London | 296,800 |
| 3 | University College London | 275,061 |
| 4 | University of Cambridge | 267,700 |
| 5 | University of Manchester | 194,603 |
| 6 | University of Edinburgh | 185,279 |
| 7 | King's College London | 144,053 |
| 8 | University of Glasgow | 129,163 |
| 9 | University of Leeds | 119,319 |
| 10 | University of Liverpool | 110,800 |
| 40 | London School of Economics | 23,856 |
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- Universities of the 'Golden Triangle'
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Golden opportunities". Nature. 6 July 2005. http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2005/050707/full/nj7047-144a.html. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "Oxbridge windfall". Times Higher Education. 1995-08-04. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=94844§ioncode=26. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ^ Grant, Malcolm (2005-03-01) (PDF). The future of the University of London: a discussion paper from the Provost of UCL. p. 6. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/images/Uni-Lon.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ^ "In research, small is just as beautiful". Times Higher Education. 2009-11-29. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=409229. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ Jha, Alok (2003-06-03). "Gold rush". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2003/jun/03/highereducation.research. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ a b "QS World University Rankings Results 2011". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings 2011 - Faculty Rankings - Social Sciences & Management". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ a b c "Wealth and Health: Financial data for UK higher education institutions, 2009-10". Times Higher Education. 7 April 2011. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=415728&c=2. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
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