UK: Loughborough named University of the Year

Loughborough University has been named the Sunday Times University of the Year, reports The Times. The university saw off competition from Imperial College London to win the title after being short-listed three times - more than any other university.

Major investment in facilities has given Loughborough a world-class reputation in sport, and 48 athletes who competed at the Beijing Olympics for Team GB hailed from the Midlands-based university. They reached 19 finals and broke 15 national and two European records between them. Loughborough also came joint second this month with Cambridge in the fourth annual National Student Survey, with an 84.3% overall satisfaction rating, according to Sunday Times analysis of the results.

Aston University climbed to its highest ever overall ranking coming 29th in the league table and was short-listed for the University of the Year title. But Warwick University remained firmly at the top of the regional rankings for the Midlands and maintained its position as seventh in the overall table.
Full report on The Times site