Released in 2008, the Guardian newspaper's rankings of British universities offers a useful alternative to the more widely recognised rankings produced by the Times Newspaper.

		Average Teaching Score	NSS Teaching (%)	Expenditure per student / 10	Student:staff ratio	Career prospects (%)	Value added score / 10	Entry Tariff	NSS Feedback (%)
1	Oxford	100.0	91	10.0	12	80	7.1	511	68
2	Cambridge	92.9		9.1	12	86	6.1	527
3	London School of Economics	84.4	78	7.4	13	85	5.6	471	63
4	Warwick	81.6	83	9.0	14	72	6.4	450	57
5	St Andrews	78.4	93	5.6	13	68	7.9	445	69
6	Imperial College	78.1	81	9.3	10	86	4.3	473	50
7	UCL	76.6	84	8.0	9	78	6.0	437	59
8	SOAS	74.3	88	6.4	11	62	7.8	367	58
9	Edinburgh	73.4	85	8.5	13	73	7.0	427	48
10	Loughborough	72.9	89	6.1	17	70	5.8	361	70
11	York	72.5	86	6.9	13	66	5.4	426	57
12	Lancaster	71.8	87	7.0	13	59	5.5	376	63
13	Bath	71.1	83	5.4	17	79	6.6	427	54
14	Exeter	70.9	91	5.3	17	65	7.1	380	70
14	Leicester	70.9	90	6.1	15	68	6.2	359	71
16	Durham	69.2	86	4.7	15	73	5.9	445	59
17	Dundee	67.8	85	5.7	14	71	6.0	370	62
18	Aston	67.3	82	5.6	17	75	6.8	350	61
19	Nottingham	67.2	84	6.7	14	73	5.8	406	49
20	Glasgow	67.0	87	5.7	13	73	5.3	394	59
21	King's College London	66.5	86	7.0	12	77	6.1	406	56
22	Surrey	66.4	81	6.7	16	75	5.8	338	51
23	Aberdeen	66.1	87	5.0	14	75		347	63
24	Manchester	66.0	81	8.5	13	64	5.6	412	50
25	Southampton	65.8	87	5.6	16	70	7.2	391	58
26	City	65.4	76	6.5	18	72	6.8	317	53
27	Leeds	65.1	83	7.3	15	65	5.4	385	55
28	Kent	64.8	86	5.5	16	67	6.0	305	67
29	Strathclyde	64.2	82	6.2	17	72	6.6	321	58
30	Birmingham	64.1	85	7.2	15	67	5.3	399	57
31	Bristol	63.7	85	5.7	15	79	5.9	431	51
32	Stirling	62.9		4.4	15	69	6.5	284
33	Cardiff	62.7	84	6.4	14	72	5.2	382	56
34	Sussex	62.4	84	4.5	15	58	7.8	388	55
35	Royal Holloway	62.2	83	5.0	15	63	5.2	361	60
36	Essex	62.1	82	5.3	14	60	5.5	307	64
37	Sheffield	62.0	86	4.2	15	70	5.9	403	57
38	Bournemouth	61.8	78	5.3	20	69	6.3	280	61
39	Reading	61.4	84	4.9	16	61	6.7	338	60
40	UEA	61.3	90	6.0	18	59	5.9	358	67
41	Nottingham Trent	60.9	77	6.2	18	71	5.4	265	58
42	Goldsmiths	60.7	84	4.1	16	59	6.1	302	60
43	Newcastle	60.4	82	5.4	15	73	5.6	395	54
44	Liverpool	60.1	84	5.6	13	68	5.8	377	56
45	University of the Arts, London	60.0	72	9.4	21	48	4.6	296	56
46	Queen's, Belfast	59.8	84	4.6	15	73	6.6	359	57
47	Queen Mary	59.7	83	6.5	13	71	5.0	338	60
48	Plymouth	59.3	82	7.2	16	52	7.7	271	60
49	Napier	59.1		4.0	18	75	8.0	246
50	Robert Gordon	58.6		3.9	18	76	5.4	318
51	Newman University College	58.4	91	3.0	19	81	5.5	230	74
52	Heriot-Watt	56.6	77	5.6	17	71	4.7	340	57
53	Hull	56.4	87	4.7	19	67	5.4	289	66
54	Brunel	56.2	76	4.5	16	60	7.0	312	58
55	Glasgow Caledonian	55.8	80	3.7	20	56	7.7	313	59
56	Birmingham City	55.6		5.5	16	60	6.5	261
57	Oxford Brookes	55.4	82	4.6	18	62	6.0	291	63
58	Glamorgan	55.1	82	5.8	16	53	5.0	233	64
59	Gloucestershire	55.0	79	6.4	17	56	6.0	254	62
59	Ulster	55.0	78	4.4	16	59	7.1	275	59
61	Bangor	54.6	85	5.3	18	62	4.6	275	61
62	Central Lancashire	54.2	81	5.7	18	62	4.3	269	67
63	Brighton	54.0	80	4.6	20	64	6.4	284	63
63	Bradford	54.0	78	5.3	15	71	5.5	266	61
65	Bath Spa	53.7	85	4.0	20	53	7.5	264	69
66	UWE Bristol	52.8	83	3.8	19	61	6.2	256	63
67	Staffordshire	52.5	81	6.3	18	51	5.5	243	63
68	Queen Margaret	52.4		4.1	20	67	5.5	276
69	Aberystwyth	51.1	87	4.5	19	53	4.9	296	66
70	St Mary's UC, Twickenham	50.6	88	2.6	22	61	7.2	243	69
71	Anglia Ruskin	50.3	80	6.4	17	56	5.4	244	62
72	Sunderland	49.9	79	5.1	16	54	5.3	247	65
73	Portsmouth	49.6	85	4.3	19	62	4.3	269	65
74	Worcester	49.4	86	4.7	20	59	4.7	234	66
75	Coventry	49.0	81	4.3	20	59	7.3	257	66
76	Northumbria	48.5	78	4.5	21	64	4.8	288	58
77	UWIC	48.1	76	4.2	20	52	5.6	242	58
78	Sheffield Hallam	47.2	80	4.0	20	57	6.4	261	60
79	Northampton	47.1	83	3.4	19	53	6.0	222	67
80	Chester	47.0	84	3.7	18	54	4.8	268	66
81	Teesside	46.7	82	5.2	20	53	4.5	244	68
82	De Montfort	46.2	78	3.8	17	61	4.4	242	62
83	Swansea	45.9	84	4.5	15	58	3.6	290	60
84	Newport	45.8	77	4.4	20	57	4.7	204	70
85	Thames Valley	45.5	76	4.3	21	59	5.4	205	62
86	Salford	44.9	78	4.5	18	59	4.8	261	58
87	Chichester	44.8	89	3.0	20	52	3.5	252	72
88	Kingston	44.4	79	4.8	20	55	4.6	232	58
89	Canterbury Christ Church	44.3	84	4.1	18	60	3.9	243	64
89	Huddersfield	44.3	80	3.7	20	50	5.4	254	65
91	Bedfordshire	44.1	82	4.1	21	53	5.0	204	66
92	Manchester Met	43.8	78	3.5	20	56	4.4	267	61
93	Leeds Trinity & All Saints	43.7	78	2.5	23	59	3.3	315	58
94	Marjon (St Mark and St John)	43.6	88	2.6	22	56	4.6	223	70
95	Cumbria	43.4	77	4.2	20	69	3.3	265	57
95	Winchester	43.4	82	2.3	18	46	5.1	263	65
97	Leeds Met	43.1	74	5.7	24	55	5.3	259	55
98	Derby	43.0	80	4.4	20	45	4.8	255	65
99	Swansea Met	42.9	81	2.9	21	51	4.6	201	63
100	Hertfordshire	42.8	75	4.3	16	58	4.1	246	56
101	Lincoln	41.4	80	3.2	24	47	5.0	259	64
102	Westminster	41.2	74	4.0	16	46	4.9	241	57
103	Edge Hill	40.9	85	3.3	22	55	3.7	247	67
103	North East Wales Institute	40.9	79	3.5	20	55	4.6	217	65
105	Abertay Dundee	40.7		3.9	20	48	5.6	255
106	Roehampton	39.4	82	4.1	21	53	4.2	222	60
107	York St John	38.9	84	4.4	22	53	3.6	279	62
108	Middlesex	37.9	73	6.9	22	57	4.5	194	56
109	Liverpool John Moores	37.8	76	3.4	20	59	4.1	244	59
109	Southampton Solent	37.8	76	3.8	21	53	3.1	219	59
111	East London	34.9	77	5.2	21	53	2.8	182	59
112	Greenwich	34.2	73	4.5	23	59	3.6	198	58
113	Wolverhampton	33.9	76	4.1	19	53	3.1	192	60
114	Bucks New University	33.2	74	3.7	19	42	3.2	197	62
115	Lampeter	32.8	86	2.8	25	47	4.7	257	57
116	London South Bank	32.1	78	3.3	25	50	5.0	185	60
117	Bolton	28.3	80	2.6	21	47	5.0	189	67

  Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/universityguide