Coventry University: league table adversity

Both the University of Warwick and Coventry University have been ranked highly in the QS World University Rankings 2013.

The University of Warwick retains its high academic status as one of the top ten universities in the UK, and the top West Midlands university in the newly combined Times and Sunday Times Guide.

It has been the sixteenth year running that the University has topped the Times and Sunday Times university rankings for the Midlands region.

The Times and Sunday Times said of the University: “The University of Warwick is still the top dog in the West Midlands.

“The most successful of the baby boomer universities of the 1960s, Warwick has never been outside of the top ten in the Sunday Times or the Times university league tables – a feat it has managed to maintain in the new combined guide.

“It also ranks third globally in the new top 50 universities aged under 50 list in the QS World University Rankings.”

Coventry University has also recently been voted the UK’s best modern university. The Times Guide ranked Coventry University as 45th in the UK, making it the highest ranking modern university established since 1992.

One second-year English Literature student at Warwick commented on the recent figures and the friendly rivalry between both universities: “The competition between both universities is all a bit of fun… This certainly shows that Coventry [isn’t] afraid of catching up with Warwickers!”

The universities are often seen to compete in sporting and social events such as the annual Varsity sporting competition during the Spring term.

Coventry student Tom Greene said: “I think that Coventry being awarded this accolade will certainly raise the profile of both the University and the city, and encourage even more people to want to come and study here. Maybe Warwick won’t be as smug now and will take Coventry more seriously.”