RAE 2008

In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, CCM research at the University of Salford—including our media sociologists—was ranked 13th out of all UK universities submitting to that panel. (This is based on 'power' ranking: GPA x FTE).

The table below shows the 'research power' rankings for all UK universities for RAE 2008 panel 66, Communication, Cultural and Media Studies (source).  

In REF 2014 Salford media researchers will be submitted to the new CCMLIM panel, D36.

RAE 2008 'research power' rankings, unit of assessment 66, Communication, Cultural and Media Studies.

1 Goldsmiths College 68.8 21.7 1.00 5.7%

2 Nottingham Trent University 55.0 25.1 0.92 5.3%

3 University of Westminster 79.4 16.0 0.85 4.9%

4 University of Leicester 61.9 19.8 0.82 4.7%

5 Cardiff University 67.2 16.5 0.74 4.2%

6 University of the West of England 49.1 22.0 0.72 4.1%

7 University of Sussex 55.0 18.5 0.68 3.9%

8 Leeds Metropolitan University 45.9 21.0 0.65 3.7%

9 Royal Holloway, London 56.3 17.0 0.64 3.7%

10 University of Leeds 47.2 19.0 0.60 3.4%

11 University of Ulster 51.9 17.0 0.59 3.4%

12 University of East London 57.8 14.9 0.58 3.3%

13 University of Salford 45.3 18.0 0.55 3.1%

14 London School of Economics 68.1 10.7 0.49 2.8%

15 University of Stirling 50.3 14.0 0.47 2.7%

16 University of Sunderland 50.9 13.4 0.46 2.6%

17 University of East Anglia 75.0 9.0 0.45 2.6%

18 De Montfort University 52.5 12.5 0.44 2.5%

19 Roehampton University 37.2 17.5 0.44 2.5%

20 University of Derby 45.3 12.2 0.37 2.1%

21 Bournemouth University 45.0 11.9 0.36 2.0%

22 University of Winchester 35.3 14.9 0.35 2.0%

23 University of Lincoln 52.2 10.0 0.35 2.0%

24 Brunel University 39.4 13.0 0.34 2.0%

25 London Metropolitan University 40.3 12.5 0.34 1.9%

26 Sheffield Hallam University 38.8 12.0 0.31 1.8%

27 University of Oxford 49.1 8.8 0.29 1.7%

28 University of Central Lancashire 36.9 11.0 0.27 1.6%

29 University of Brighton 34.4 11.0 0.25 1.4%

30 University of Bedfordshire 44.1 7.9 0.23 1.3%

31 University of the West of Scotland 30.0 10.0 0.20 1.1%

32 University of Glamorgan 34.1 8.0 0.18 1.0%

33 University of Sheffield 37.5 7.0 0.18 1.0%

34 University of Nottingham 36.9 7.0 0.17 1.0%

35 Swansea University 32.8 7.7 0.17 1.0%

36 Queen Margaret University 40.9 6.0 0.16 0.9%

37 London South Bank 41.3 5.5 0.15 0.9%

38 Staffordshire University 26.6 8.5 0.15 0.9%

39 Glasgow Caledonian University 36.3 5.9 0.14 0.8%

40 University of Bradford 22.2 6.6 0.10 0.6%

41 University of Greenwich 19.7 7.0 0.09 0.5%

42 Middlesex University 33.4 4.0 0.09 0.5%

43 Thames Valley University 21.6 5.0 0.07 0.4%

44 Bath Spa University 26.3 3.0 0.05 0.3%

45 University of Gloucestershire 10.0 4.0 0.03 0.2%

46 University of Huddersfield 8.1 3.8 0.02 0.1%