AUB ranked the UK’s top specialist university for employability

University of the Arts London had a Z-score of 7.71, Ravensbourne was 5.42 and Falmouth University was 4.06.

Norwich University of the Arts was 2.15, Goldsmiths, University of London was 1.71, Bath Spa University was 1.68, Nottingham Trent University was 1.66 and University for the Creative Arts was 0.16.

When looking at other top institutions, the University of Cambridge was 4.19, University College London was 2.9 and the University of Oxford was -2.95.

Universities were given a Z-score above zero if they performed better than expected against the benchmark value.

Those institutions which performed worse than expected against the benchmark were given a negative Z-score, hence the University of Oxford’s -2.95.

The Times Higher Education’s TEF Metrics ranking also compiled the figures for “highly skilled employment”, “retention”, “academic support”, “assessment and feedback” and “teaching on course”.

For “retention” AUB was 11th overall and for “highly skilled employment” it was 15th overall, while when all six metrics were added together it was 13th overall.