World Rankings – The Orbital

I know I’m not the only one whose phone is often full of artistic snaps of Founders from various angles, nothing quite beats the iconic building of our campus. It looks amazing in all weather, with some people lucky enough to see it surrounded by snow at the end of last term. But are we taking our love of this building and our campus slightly too far? At the end of 2017 Royal Holloway was named the ‘Most Beautiful University in the UK’, beating both Oxford and Cambridge after an online poll by Holiday Lettings. At the beginning of January, Times Higher Education gifted the campus with the same title. I’m sure most of us would agree that campus is well deserving of this honour but why has it been so glorified by the university, with other rankings being disregarded and ignored? Last t...

Royal Holloway has placed at 17th in the UK and now sits at 118th in the world according to the Times Higher Education World University rankings. The College once again had an impressive performance in the ‘international outlook’ category, ranking at number one in the UK, and sixth in the world. The College Principal, Paul Layzell, issued a statement to the university website commenting that ‘The excellent and distinctive position of Royal Holloway in this year's world rankings is a testament to our excellent staff and the diversity and impact of our students.’ However, the results do highlight a dip in performance for the university, in comparison to its 2013-14 performance; the College dropped 5 places from 12th in the UK. In addition to this, the arguably more reputable Sunday Tim...

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How important is it to be titled the ‘Most Beautiful Campus in the UK’?

Royal Holloway places highly in World University Rankings