- Golden Triangle (UK universities)
Golden Triangle is a term used to describe a number of leading British research universities based in
London ,Oxford andCambridge .The
University of Cambridge in the city ofCambridge and theUniversity of Oxford in the city ofOxford form two corners of the triangle. The third geographic point isLondon , and theUniversity of London , represented especially, though not exclusively, by the following constituent colleges:University College London , the London School of Economics and Political Science,King's College London andImperial College London (which left the university on 8 July 2007). [cite paper
last = Grant
first = Malcolm
title = The future of the University of London: a discussion paper from the Provost of UCL
pages = p. 6
date = 2005-03-01
url = http://www.ucl.ac.uk/images/Uni-Lon.pdf
format = PDF
accessdate = 2008-09-17]Reputation
The institutions of the 'Golden Triangle' not only receive a large section of the research budget in the
United Kingdom , but also enjoy a worldwide reputation for excellence in their own right, hence the term 'golden'. However, the term has gained currency in recent years as a way to denote unrest amongst the nation's premier universities as well as their lobbying efforts to bring about favourable legislation in the British Parliament.Fact|date=February 2007 All of the universities are currently pressing to charge greater feesFact|date=February 2007 for access byEuropean Union nationals, asserting that they do not have the assets to compete on even ground with many of the world’s other leading research universities (the majority of which are private, or if public such as theUniversity of California, Berkeley andUCSB charge higher fees to foreign and out of state students for attendance).Funding for the year 2007-08
Higher Education Funding Council for England has published its research funding for the year 2007-08 for the universities in England. [cite news| url=http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/specialreport/table/0,,2023291,00.html|title=Hefce funding allocations 2007-08|work=Higher Education Suplement|publisher=
The Guardian |accessdate=2008-09-17] Top 10 Universities are illustrated in the following table with Golden Triangle institutions in bold form.LSE is the only Golden Triangle institution that failed to make it top ten because of its predominantlysocial science based research work but it topped amongst the social science based universities with a total research funding of £18,118,000.Higher Education Research Funding for England (2007-08)
References
ee also
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Russell Group
*1994 Group
*Research Triangle (United States )
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