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The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Students, a cross-party group of MPs and Peers, is launching a short inquiry into the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on university students, with specific reference to student calls for rebates in tuition and accommodation payments.

UCAS extends January deadline as schools close

Students applying to start university or college in 2021 have an additional two weeks to complete their applications, following announcements in the UK to close schools and colleges, UCAS has announced.

HEi News Roundup 4 January 2021

New year, new norm, new thinking - VCs draw up their wishlist for 2021

After a year that most would rather forget, HEi-know asked four vice-chancellors what hopes and expectations for higher education are on their wishlist for 2021.

The Times and Sunday Times rankings published

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Rank	Last Year Rank	University
1	1=	University of Cambridge
2	1=	University of Oxford
3	4	Imperial College London
4	3	University of St Andrews
5	6	Durham University
6	8	University of Warwick
7	7	University of Exeter
8	11	University of Surrey
9	5	London School of Economics and Political Science
10	9	University College London
11	12	Lancaster University
12	10	University of Bath
13	13	Loughborough University
14	17	University of Leeds
15	16	University of York
16	18	University of Southampton
17	15	University of Birmingham
18	14	University of East Anglia
19	25	University of Sussex
20	19	University of Bristol
21	21	University of Sheffield
22	22=	University of Edinburgh
23=	30	University of Kent
23=	22=	Newcastle University
25	22=	University of Nottingham
26	26	University of Glasgow
27	29	King's College London
28=	20	University of Leicester
28=	28	University of Manchester
30	34=	Aston University Birmingham
31	38	Queen's University, Belfast
32	33	University of Reading
33	27	Cardiff University
34	37	Queen Mary, University of London
35	32	University of Essex
36	34=	Royal Holloway, University of London
37	45	University of Dundee
38=	48	University of Buckingham
38=	41	Heriot-Watt University
38=	36	University of Liverpool
41=	46	City University
41=	43	Swansea University
43	40	Keele University
44	31	Soas
45	44	University of Aberdeen
46	39	University of Strathclyde
47	42	Coventry University
48		St George's, University of London
49	63	Harper Adams University
50	53	University of Stirling
51		Royal Agricultural University
52	50	Bangor University
53	54	De Montfort University
54	52	Nottingham Trent University
55	49	Oxford Brookes University
56	51	Falmouth University
57	69	Ulster University
58	70	Bath Spa University
59	57	University of Portsmouth
60	47	Brunel University London
61		Norwich University of the Arts
62=	74	University for the Creative Arts
62=	60	University of Lincoln
64=	66	Northumbria University
64=	61	University of Winchester
66	55	Goldsmiths, University of London
67	58	University of Hull
68	72	Edge Hill University
69=	65	University of Chichester
69=	77=	University of Huddersfield
69=	64	Robert Gordon University
72	62	Sheffield Hallam University
73	68	University of the West of England
74	71	Liverpool John Moores University
75	76	University of Bradford
76	79	University of Hertfordshire
77	89	Manchester Metropolitan University
78	73	Roehampton University
79=	93	Aberystwyth University
79=	..	Liverpool Hope University
81	59	Arts University Bournemouth
82=	88	Bournemouth University
82=	56	University of Northampton
84	81	University of Derby
85=	75	Middlesex University
85=	80	Plymouth University
87	67	University of Chester
88	83	University of Gloucestershire
89	87	York St John University
90	82	University of Brighton
91	91=	Leeds Trinity University
92	77=	University of Central Lancashire
93	97	Edinburgh Napier University
94	84	Glasgow Caledonian University
95	101	Staffordshire University
96	86	Queen Margaret University Edinburgh
97	106	Abertay University
98	105	University of Salford
99	85	University of the Arts London
100=	100	St Mary's University, Twickenham
100=	107	University of Worcester
102	94	Teesside University
103	90	Cardiff Metropolitan University
104	99	University of Sunderland
105	91=	Birmingham City University
106	98	University of Greenwich
107	96	Canterbury Christ Church University
108	110	Anglia Ruskin University
109	116	Buckinghamshire New University
110	108	University of Bedfordshire
111	117	Kingston University
112=	102=	Bishop Grosseteste University
112=	114	University of South Wales
114	111	Leeds Beckett University
115=	104	Newman University, Birmingham
115=	115	Southampton Solent University
115=	112	University of Westminster
118	118	University of the West of Scotland
119	95	University of Cumbria
120	122	London South Bank University
121	109	University of West London
122	113	Glyndwr University
123=	120	University of Bolton
123=	102=	University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth
125	123	London Metropolitan University
126	121	University of the Highlands and Islands
127	119	University of East London

The University of Surrey has been voted The Times and Sunday Times university of the year as new rankings see it move up from 11th to 8th position. Other significant climbers this year include Warwick, rising from 8th to 6th, Sussex moving into the top 20 (19th) from 25th, Kent up from 30th to joint 23rd, Aston moving into the top 30, Queen's University Belfast up from 38 to 31, Dundee up from 45 to 37, Buckingham rising from 38 to 48, Harper Adams rising into the top 50 (49th) from 63, and Worcester moves into the top 100 for the first time.

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