The "Golden Triangle" is a term used to describe a number of leading British research universities based in London, Oxford, and Cambridge.[1]
The University of Cambridge in the city of Cambridge and the University of Oxford in the city of Oxford form two corners of the triangle. The third geographic point is London, and the University of London, represented especially by the following constituent colleges: King's College London, the London School of Economics and Political Science, University College London and Imperial College London (Imperial College London left the University of London on 8 July 2007).[2]
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Reputation
The institutions of the "Golden Triangle" not only receive a large section of the research budget in the United Kingdom, but also enjoy a worldwide reputation for excellence in their own right, hence the term "golden".
Funding for the year 2007-08
The Higher Education Funding Council for England has published its research funding for the year 2007-08 for the universities in England.[3] The 10 universities receiving most research funding are illustrated in the following table with Golden Triangle institutions in bold form. LSE is the only Golden Triangle institution that failed to make it top ten because of its predominantly social science based research work but it topped amongst the social science based universities with a total research funding of £18,118,000.
Higher education research funding for England (2007-08)
| SN | University | Funding (£,000) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | University of Cambridge | 107,058 |
| 02 | University of Oxford | 104,204 |
| 03 | University College London | 101,333 |
| 04 | Imperial College London | 91,800 |
| 05 | University of Manchester | 76,994 |
| 06 | King's College London | 58,401 |
| 07 | University of Leeds | 47,243 |
| 08 | University of Southampton | 46,530 |
| 09 | University of Sheffield | 43,895 |
| 10 | University of Bristol | 43,192 |
References
- ^ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=94844§ioncode=26
- ^ Grant, Malcolm (2005-03-01) (PDF). The future of the University of London: a discussion paper from the Provost of UCL. pp. p. 6. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/images/Uni-Lon.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ^ "Hefce funding allocations 2007-08". Higher Education Suplement (The Guardian). http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/specialreport/table/0,,2023291,00.html. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
See also
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