University of Liverpool Shortlisted for University of the Year in Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024

University of Liverpool Shortlisted for University of the Year in Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024

(IN BRIEF) The University of Liverpool has been named a finalist for the University of the Year award in the Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024. This recognition comes alongside the university’s ascent of four places in the national rankings, now jointly holding the 29th position out of 134 institutions. Professor Tim Jones, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool, expressed his delight and credited the hard work of colleagues in delivering exceptional teaching, student support, and world-leading research. The Good University Guide’s rankings are based on various factors, including student satisfaction, teaching quality, entry standards, research quality, and graduate prospects. Additionally, since 2018, the guide includes social inclusion rankings to reflect universities’ diversity and success in student intake.

(PRESS RELEASE) LIVERPOOL, 16-Sep-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Liverpool is shortlisted for the University of the Year award in the Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.

Liverpool is the only University in the North West on the 2024 shortlist, and has also moved up four places in the rankings, to joint 29th of 134 institutions nationally.

Professor Tim Jones, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool said: “I am delighted that the University of Liverpool has been shortlisted for the University of the Year 2024 award, and to see our position in the Good University Guide improve. Colleagues work hard to deliver exceptional teaching and support to our students, and to produce world-leading research. These results, together with other recent league table improvements, are a testament to that work.”

The Times and The Sunday Times have produced university guides since 1993 and 1998 respectively. The Good University Guide is based on an analysis of student satisfaction with teaching quality and their student experience, entry standards, research quality, and graduate prospects.

Since 2018 the guide also includes social inclusion rankings for universities in England and Wales, with a separate table for Scottish rankings. The tables are based on key measures to reflect the diversity of their intake and subsequent success when attending university.

Click here to access the Good University Guide 2024.

Media Contacts:

Joanne Carr
Deputy Director of Communications and Public Affairs
T: +44 (0)7825 434900
E: jocarr@liverpool.ac.uk

Catrin Owen
Media Relations Manager – Humanities and Social Sciences
T: +44 (0)7721 834238
E: catrin.owen@liverpool.ac.uk

Sarah Stamper
Media Relations Manager – Science and Engineering
T: +44 (0)7970 247396
E: sarah.stamper@liverpool.ac.uk

Jennifer Morgan
Media Relations Manager – Health and Life Sciences
T: +44 (0)7775 547589
E: J.L.Morgan@liverpool.ac.uk

Alison Cornmell
Media Relations Manager – Health and Life Sciences
T: +44 (0) 7771 700680
E: Alison.Cornmell@liverpool.ac.uk

SOURCE: University of Liverpool