The UK’s universities have slipped down an international league table for a fourth consecutive year to record the country’s worst-ever performance. Almost three-quarters of British universities were ...

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The 2026 university ranking by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide dropped Oxford and Cambridge from the top three universities in the UK. This is the first in the guide’s 32-year ...

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The universities of Oxford and Cambridge have slipped out of the top three in prestigious university rankings for the first time. The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 ranked ...

The University of Oxford has secured the top position in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 for an unprecedented tenth consecutive year, leading a strong performance by UK ...

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