Dec 19 2014 : The Times of India (Delhi)
Oxford pips Cambridge as UK's top univ for research
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Oxford University has nudged past its tradital rival Cambridge by being named Britain's best research university .The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), to be released on Friday , is used as a basis for government funding allocation and has had an Oxbridge stronghold over the years. Oxford University's vice-chancellor Andrew Hamilton said he was delighted by the preview of the results.
“Research is an intensely competitive activity and we are looking at and responding to worldwide competition in the world of research, the recruitment of leading academics and outstanding students, so there will be no resting on laurels,“ he said.
This year, some of London's leading universities are posing a challenge to Oxbridge domination with University College London and London School of Economics edging up the scales. Imperial College in London also scored high with 90% of its research activities classed as world-leading.
“Research is an intensely competitive activity and we are looking at and responding to worldwide competition in the world of research, the recruitment of leading academics and outstanding students, so there will be no resting on laurels,“ he said.
This year, some of London's leading universities are posing a challenge to Oxbridge domination with University College London and London School of Economics edging up the scales. Imperial College in London also scored high with 90% of its research activities classed as world-leading.
