Good University Guide: Durham University places 7th

The Good University Guide has finally been released, compiled to help students make an “informed choice” about higher education.

The leaderboard is released each year based on factors including teaching and research, with the results this year putting all but one in the top 100.

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Durham University has been named the number-one university in the North East and the 7th best UK university, beating out the likes of Bath, Warwick, and Loughborough universities.

Durham University. (Image: NORTHERN ECHO)

However, this is one place lower than Durham’s rank in 2022, where they came in 6th place.

In the rest of the North East, Newcastle University came in 37th place, down from 33rd place in 2022.

Newcastle University. (Image: NORTHERN ECHO)

Northumbria was ranked 49th, equal to their previous ranking.

Northumbria University. (Image: NORTHERN ECHO)

Sunderland was placed 93rd, up from 98th place in 2022.

Teesside University. (Image: NORTHERN ECHO)

Lastly, Teesside University made 102nd place, moving down 16 places from its 86th place rank last year.

Nationally, the University of St Andrews, well known for its royal alum topped the leaderboard and was placed above the likes of Oxford and Cambridge for the second time in the history of the guide.

In second and third place were Oxford and Cambridge respectively, joined by three London-based universities: London School of Economics (LSE), University College London (UCL) and Imperial College London.

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Following the release of this year's league table, Helen Davies, editor of The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide, said the higher education landscape has “never been tougher.”

She added: “It is more competitive to get a place at many of our top institutions; the cost of attending university has soared, leaving graduates with extraordinary debt; and in many cases campus life still bears the scars of the pandemic. Meanwhile lecturers are on strike and the marking crisis is a running scandal.

“It means any prospective student, parent or carer needs to think hard about whether university is the right choice, and then where to study and what subject.”