Golden Triangle (UK universities)
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Golden Triangle is a term used to describe a number of leading British research universities based in London, Oxford and Cambridge.

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, though not exclusively, by the following constituent colleges: University College London, the London School of Economics and Political Science, King's College London and Imperial College London (which left the university on 8 July 2007).[1]

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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'. However, the term has gained currency in recent years as a way to denote unrest amongst the nation's premier universities as well as their lobbying efforts to bring about favourable legislation in the British Parliament.citation needed All of the universities are currently pressing to charge greater feescitation needed for access by European Union nationals, asserting that they do not have the assets to compete on even ground with many of the world’s other leading research universities (the majority of which are private, or if public such as the University of California, Berkeley and UCSB charge higher fees to foreign and out of state students for attendance).

Funding for the year 2007-08

Higher Education Funding Council for England has published its research funding for the year 2007-08 for the universities in England.[2] Top 10 Universities 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

  1. ^ Grant, Malcolm (2005-03-01). "The future of the University of London: a discussion paper from the Provost of UCL" (PDF). p. 6 Retrieved on 2008-09-17.
  2. ^ "Hefce funding allocations 2007-08", Higher Education Suplement, The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-09-17. 

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