2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)

The School of Economics and Finance performed exceptionally well in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), with a result of joint sixth overall. The full results listing is given below. Congratulations to the staff, who have worked hard for these results and continue to undertake ground-breaking research.

Institution name

FTE staff

4*

3*

2*

1*

GPA
London School of Economics and Political Science  41.6 60 35 5 0 3.55
University College London  32.2 55 40 5 0 3.50
University of Essex  34.31 40 55 5 0 3.35
University of Oxford  78.5 40 55 5 0 3.35
University of Warwick  49.63 40 55 5 0 3.35
Queen Mary, University of London  23 30 55 15 0 3.15
University of Bristol  19.45 30 55 15 0 3.15
University of Nottingham  47.25 30 55 15 0 3.15
University of Cambridge  38 30 45 25 0 3.05
University of Manchester  34.8 25 55 20 0 3.05
Royal Holloway, University of London  22.5 20 60 20 0 3.00
University of Southampton  27.25 20 60 20 0 3.00
University of Glasgow  20.8 25 50 25 0 3.00
University of Exeter  13.5 20 55 25 0 2.95
University of Edinburgh  18 25 45 30 0 2.95
University of Kent  13 15 60 25 0 2.90
University of Leicester  26.2 20 50 30 0 2.90
Birkbeck College  25.1 20 50 25 5 2.85
University of Aberdeen  14 20 45 35 0 2.85
University of Sheffield  15 15 55 25 5 2.80
University of Surrey  14.6 15 50 35 0 2.80
University of Birmingham  21.38 15 50 30 5 2.75
University of East Anglia  13.5 15 50 30 5 2.75
University of York  40.6 15 45 40 0 2.75
University of Stirling  7.6 15 45 40 0 2.75
Swansea University  18.2 15 45 40 0 2.75
University of Sussex  10 10 50 40 0 2.70
University of St Andrews  27.15 15 40 45 0 2.70
Brunel University  25 10 50 35 5 2.65
City University, London  14.2 10 45 45 0 2.65
Loughborough University  21.25 5 40 50 5 2.45
University of Dundee  14 5 40 50 5 2.45
London Metropolitan University  8 0 35 55 10 2.25
Kingston University  4 5 15 55 25 2.00
Manchester Metropolitan University  4.75 0 10 50 40 1.70