Clusters of UK University 英國大學分級

 Durham University Vikki Boliver 在 2015 年發表了一份報告，稱 Russel Group聲望地位不是基於證據，而是基於Marketing。用學術選擇、研究活動、教學質量、社會經濟和經濟資源的數據進行分組分析時:

1. 只有Oxbridge精英程度明顯高於大多數"老牌"大學。
2. Russell Group的其他 22 家成員與其他 17 所“老牌”大學（包括Reading）屬第二梯隊。
3. 另有13所“老牌”大學和54所“新”大學組成第三梯隊。
4. 第四梯隊由19所“新”大學組成。

第一梯隊

University of Cambridge(R)

University of Oxford(R)

第二梯隊

University of Aberdeen

University of Bath

University of Birmingham(R)

University of Bristol(R)

Cardiff University(R)

University of Dundee

Durham University(R)

University of East Anglia

The University of Edinburgh(R)

University of Exeter(R)

University of Glasgow(R)

Goldsmiths, University of London

Heriot-Watt University

Imperial College London(R)

University of Kent

King’s College London(R)

Lancaster University

University of Leeds(R)

University of Leicester

University of Liverpool(R)

University College London(R)

The London School of Economics and Political Science(R)

Loughborough University

The University of Manchester(R)

Newcastle University(R)

The University of Nottingham(R)

Queen Mary University of London(R)

Queen’s University Belfast(R)

University of Reading

Royal Holloway, University of London

University of St Andrews

SOAS, University of London

The University of Sheffield(R)

University of Southampton(R)

University of Strathclyde

University of Surrey

University of Sussex

The University of Warwick(R)

The University of York(R)

第三梯隊

Abertay Dundee University

Aberystwyth University

Arts University Bournemouth

University of the Arts London

Aston University

Bangor University

Bath Spa University

University of Bedfordshire

Birmingham City University

Bournemouth University

University of Bradford

University of Brighton

Brunel University London

Canterbury Christ Church University

Cardiff Metropolitan University

University of Central Lancashire

University of Chester

University of Chichester

City University

Coventry University

University for the Creative Arts

De Montfort Universityg

University of Derby

Edinburgh Napier University

University of Essex

Falmouth University

University of Glamorgan

Glasgow Caledonian University

University of Gloucestershire

University of Greenwich

Harper Adams University

University of Hertfordshire

Univ. of the Highlands & Islands

University of Huddersfield

The University of Hull

Keele University

Kingston University

Leeds Beckett University

University of Lincoln

Liverpool John Moores University

London South Bank University

Manchester Metropolitan University

Middlesex University

Newman University, Birmingham

第四梯隊

The University of Northampton

Nottingham Trent University

Northumbria University

Oxford Brookes University

Plymouth University

University of Portsmouth

Queen Margaret University

Robert Gordon University

University of Roehampton

University of Salford

Sheffield Hallam University

Staffordshire University

University of Stirling

University of Sunderland

Swansea University

Teesside University

Ulster University

The University of the West of England

University of West London

The University of the West of Scotland

University of Westminster

The University of Winchester

University of Worcester

Cluster 4 (19 cases)

Anglia Ruskin Universityd

Bishop Grosseteste University

University College Birmingham

University of Bolton

Buckinghamshire New University

University of Cumbria

University of East London

Edge Hill University

Glyndwr University

Leeds Trinity University

Liverpool Hope University

London Metropolitan University

University of Wales, Newport

The University of St Mark and St John

Southampton Solent University

University Campus Suffolk

University of Wales Trinity Saint

University of Wolverhampton

York St John University