Leadership

Here’s the table that provides the rankings for Leadership including the rankings for the sub-categories, which you can read about in more detail here.

It’s is worth noting that there are a lot of 1sts for Non-Mismanagement (Non Mis Mngmt). As we explain in the methodology, there is a lot of bad (and good) practice in university leadership, as there is any any sector. We’ve focused on cases where major redundancies are likely to happen.

HEI	LEADERSHIP RANK	Student Abuse	VC £££	Non Mis Mngmt	Precarity	Pay Gap
Guildhall School of Music and Drama	1	6	28	1	43	2
University of South Wales	2	37	41	1	18	16
Glyndwr University	3	6	33	1	67	7
The University of Salford	4	37	36	1	34	8
University of Derby	5	6	82	1	20	12
Solent University	6	1	59	1	68	5
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland	7	65	12	1	14	45
Cardiff Metropolitan University	8	1	40	1	46	57
Oxford Brookes University	9	37	47	1	53	13
Royal College of Music	9	6	52	1	33	59
Glasgow Caledonian University	11	6	65	1	56	40
University for the Creative Arts	12	65	49	1	8	46
York St John University	12	65	30	1	13	60
The University of Chichester	14	6	23	1	88	52
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	15	6	30	1	39	95
The University of the West of Scotland	16	6	63	1	27	82
The University College of Osteopathy	17	65	4	1	1	109
Newman University	18	65	22	1	21	73
Anglia Ruskin University	19	1	106	1	32	43
The National Film and Television School	20	65	9	1	1	109
Buckinghamshire New University	21	6	45	1	99	35
University College Birmingham	22	65	52	1	17	56
Falmouth University	23	65	85	1	9	33
University of Cumbria	24	6	35	1	91	63
Edinburgh Napier University	25	37	39	1	69	51
Bath Spa University	26	6	65	1	101	31
St Mary’s University, Twickenham	27	65	5	1	112	25
The Robert Gordon University	28	1	78	1	81	48
Leeds Beckett University	29	37	65	1	105	3
SRUC	29	65	15	1	62	68
The University of Northampton	31	37	63	1	100	14
Leeds Arts University	31	65	23	1	49	77
University of the West of England, Bristol	33	6	121	1	78	11
Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance	34	65	2	1	150	1
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts	35	65	6	1	70	79
Liverpool John Moores University	36	37	103	1	75	9
The University of Brighton	37	37	48	1	104	37
University of Hertfordshire	38	37	132	1	35	23
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	38	6	36	1	25	160
Canterbury Christ Church University	40	6	72	1	64	86
The University of Bolton	41	65	97	1	26	53
The University of Buckingham	42	65	21	1	38	118
Royal Northern College of Music	43	65	11	1	5	163
The University of Greenwich	44	6	73	1	121	49
Heriot-Watt University	44	6	89	1	92	62
Bishop Grosseteste University	46	65	45	1	36	105
Plymouth College of Art	46	65	19	1	11	156
Writtle University College	48	65	3	1	36	148
Glasgow School of Art	48	65	15	1	23	149
University of St Mark and St John	50	65	29	1	47	113
Ulster University	50	6	107	1	126	15
University of Suffolk	52	65	17	1	30	145
University of Northumbria at Newcastle	53	65	107	1	52	34
University of the Highlands and Islands	54	65	43	1	51	100
Roehampton University	55	65	127	1	27	44
University of Abertay Dundee	56	37	32	1	54	141
The Arts University Bournemouth	57	65	38	1	7	155
AECC University College	58	65	7	1	40	154
Middlesex University	59	65	101	1	61	42
Royal Agricultural University	59	65	42	1	1	161
The University of Huddersfield	61	37	148	1	45	50
University of Bedfordshire	61	140	69	1	50	21
The University of Sunderland	63	65	49	1	113	54
Staffordshire University	64	65	61	1	135	22
University of Chester	65	37	79	1	93	75
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama	65	65	1	1	65	153
Birmingham City University	67	144	98	1	24	20
Royal Academy of Music	67	6	44	1	77	159
Loughborough University	69	37	103	1	115	38
The University of Portsmouth	70	37	109	1	95	55
Aberystwyth University	70	65	7	1	87	137
Kingston University	72	140	105	1	44	10
Norwich University of the Arts	73	65	18	1	60	157
Bournemouth University	74	144	109	1	31	18
Ravensbourne University London	75	65	14	1	155	69
The University of Wales (central functions)	76	65	90	1	1	152
St George’s, University of London	77	37	82	1	103	87
Cranfield University	78	6	129	1	76	99
The University of Westminster	79	144	57	1	15	96
The University of Dundee	79	37	68	1	83	124
The University of Bradford	81	65	55	1	48	147
University of London (Institutes and activities)	81	6	13	1	160	136
Teesside University	83	144	102	1	66	4
The University of Central Lancashire	83	137	59	1	73	47
The Nottingham Trent University	85	144	126	1	22	30
Courtauld Institute of Art	86	65	23	1	79	158
Goldsmiths College	87	65	73	1	122	71
Sheffield Hallam University	88	65	84	140	19	26
The University of Stirling	88	6	76	1	140	111
The University of Aberdeen	90	65	121	1	6	144
The University of Leicester	91	6	109	1	82	140
University of Gloucestershire	92	37	27	140	118	17
Brunel University London	92	6	123	1	143	66
Swansea University	92	65	57	1	90	126
The Open University	95	6	165	1	165	6
The University of Bristol	95	37	145	1	63	97
Liverpool Hope University	97	144	120	1	55	24
The University of Essex	98	1	146	1	116	81
Heythrop College	99	65	9	1	107	165
The University of Leeds	100	65	94	1	86	106
London South Bank University	101	35	93	1	137	91
The University of Glasgow	101	35	123	1	84	114
St Mary’s University College	103	65	23	1	107	162
Stranmillis University College	104	65	90	1	40	164
Royal College of Art	105	65	88	1	58	151
Harper Adams University	106	140	34	1	74	115
The University of West London	107	65	112	1	161	29
The University of Strathclyde	108	65	142	1	120	41
London Metropolitan University	109	144	161	1	10	61
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh	110	6	51	140	79	102
The University of East London	111	37	163	1	96	93
The University of Manchester	112	65	73	1	148	104
City, University of London	113	37	152	1	138	65
The University of York	114	65	117	1	94	117
The Royal Veterinary College	115	6	138	1	110	146
The University of East Anglia	116	65	128	1	144	70
Queen’s University Belfast	117	65	95	1	129	120
Aston University	118	37	133	1	117	123
The University of Lincoln	119	144	95	1	107	67
University of Nottingham	120	65	147	1	97	107
The University of Winchester	121	6	70	140	136	72
Leeds Trinity University	122	65	20	140	58	143
The Manchester Metropolitan University	122	144	131	1	131	19
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	124	6	141	1	162	125
Coventry University	125	65	114	140	85	36
University of the Arts, London	126	144	70	1	153	76
Edge Hill University	127	140	134	1	142	28
Newcastle University	127	37	143	1	133	131
The Institute of Cancer Research	129	65	85	1	157	139
The University of Sheffield	129	144	156	1	114	32
The University of Edinburgh	131	65	115	1	147	121
London Business School	132	144	164	1	12	129
University College London	132	37	149	140	16	108
Birkbeck College	134	37	144	140	106	27
The University of St Andrews	134	144	52	1	130	127
The University of Hull	136	144	61	140	71	39
Keele University	137	65	79	140	72	101
University of Plymouth	138	65	77	140	98	78
The University of Oxford	139	6	155	1	163	135
University of Wales Trinity Saint David	140	144	79	140	42	58
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	141	65	85	1	164	150
The University of Bath	142	65	158	1	127	119
The University of Wolverhampton	143	144	90	140	29	74
University of Worcester	143	144	119	1	149	64
Bangor University	145	65	56	140	125	98
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	146	37	162	1	152	134
Queen Mary University of London	147	65	136	1	156	133
Cardiff University	148	37	100	140	89	132
De Montfort University	149	65	137	140	57	103
The University of Birmingham	150	65	154	1	145	138
The University of Lancaster	151	144	129	1	151	88
The University of Southampton	152	144	153	1	123	94
University of Durham	153	37	113	140	111	128
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	154	37	135	140	132	89
The University of Surrey	155	65	150	140	102	83
The University of Kent	156	65	118	140	134	85
The University of Reading	157	65	123	140	139	84
SOAS University of London	158	65	115	140	154	80
The University of Cambridge	159	144	158	1	119	142
The University of Exeter	160	65	151	140	128	90
London School of Economics and Political Science	161	144	160	1	158	112
King’s College London	162	144	157	1	159	130
The University of Warwick	163	65	139	140	146	116
The University of Sussex	164	139	98	140	141	92
The University of Liverpool	165	138	140	140	124	122