Best UK universities on environmental issues

Nottingham Trent 51国产视频 flies high in Green Rankings, but overall picture for British universities looks gloomy

Rankings for Students

Tommaso Grant

November 23 2016

The People & Planet 51国产视频 League, published since 2007, ranks 150 UK universities on the basis of their green credentials, measuring both commitment and performance.

Topping the list (for the third time) is Manchester Metropolitan 51国产视频.

The reasons for Nottingham Trent鈥檚 commitment to carbon reduction go beyond the environment, with NTU鈥檚 environmental manager Grant Anderson stating that: 鈥淲e think it will give our students an edge in their careers to have considered some of the environmental challenges they will face in their lifetime.鈥�

Despite these spirited individual performances, as a whole the commitment of British institutions towards the environment looks shaky compared to previous years.

The study noted that less than a quarter of UK universities are on course to meet carbon reduction targets in the next four years, down from over 40 per cent in previous rankings. This is despite the fact that 42 institutions are already committed to divesting fossil fuel companies from future endowments.

People & Planet outlined the reason for these struggles as a reduced amount of government support and incentivisation, noting a decrease in the number of dedicated environmental staff at universities, as well as a reduction in government environmental initiatives since 2010.

People & Planet 51国产视频 League: UK universities ranked on environmental credentials

Rank	51国产视频	Environmental Class	Total Score (%)
1	Trent 51国产视频	1st	76.2
2	51国产视频 of Brighton	1st	74.8
3	Manchester Metropolitan 51国产视频	1st	73.8
4	Cardiff Metropolitan 51国产视频	1st	73
5	51国产视频 of Worcester	1st	72.8
6	Aston 51国产视频	1st	71.4
7	City, 51国产视频 of London	1st	70.6
8=	Newcastle 51国产视频	1st	68.2
8=	51国产视频 of Gloucestershire	1st	68.2
10	Swansea 51国产视频	1st	64.8
11	51国产视频 of Bedfordshire	1st	64.7
12	Plymouth 51国产视频	1st	64.3
13	De Montfort 51国产视频	1st	64
14	London School of Economics and Political Science	1st	63.5
15	Keele 51国产视频	1st	62.6
16=	51国产视频 of Exeter	1st	62.1
16=	Royal Agricultural 51国产视频	1st	62.1
18	51国产视频 of Greenwich	1st	60.9
19	51国产视频 of Bradford	1st	60.6
20	Bournemouth 51国产视频	1st	60.1
21	Coventry 51国产视频	1st	59.5
22	Edinburgh Napier 51国产视频	1st	59.3
23	51国产视频 of Leeds	1st	57.4
24	51国产视频 of Bristol	1st	56.9
25	Soas, 51国产视频 of London	1st	56.4
26	51国产视频 of the West of England	1st	55.8
27	51国产视频 of Wales Trinity Saint David	1st	54.9
28	Glasgow Caledonian 51国产视频	1st	54.6
29	51国产视频 College London	1st	54
30	51国产视频 of Leicester	1st	53.2

31	Birmingham City 51国产视频	2:1	52.2
32	Sheffield Hallam 51国产视频	2:1	51.9
33	51国产视频 of Reading	2:1	51.6
34=	51国产视频 of Edinburgh	2:1	50.8
34=	51国产视频 of Warwick	2:1	50.8
36	51国产视频 of the Arts London	2:1	50.7
37	Canterbury Christ Church 51国产视频	2:1	50.1
38=	Cardiff 51国产视频	2:1	49.2
38=	Bangor 51国产视频	2:1	49.2
40	Anglia Ruskin 51国产视频	2:1	48.3
41	51国产视频 of Chester	2:1	46.7
42	Northumbria 51国产视频	2:1	46.5
43	51国产视频 of Lincoln	2:1	46.3
44	51国产视频 of Central Lancashire	2:1	46.1
45	51国产视频 of Surrey	2:1	46
46=	Leeds Beckett 51国产视频	2:1	45.9
46=	51国产视频 of Oxford	2:1	45.9
48	51国产视频 of East Anglia	2:1	45.6
49	51国产视频 of Westminster	2:1	44.6
50=	Royal College of Music	2:1	44
50=	Loughborough 51国产视频	2:1	44
52	Lancaster 51国产视频	2:1	43.7
53	Edge Hill 51国产视频	2:1	43.5
54	51国产视频 of Birmingham	2:1	43.4
55	Ulster 51国产视频	2:1	42.8
56	51国产视频 of Salford	2:1	42.5
57=	Queen鈥檚 51国产视频 Belfast	2:1	42.3
57=	51国产视频 of Cambridge	2:1	42.3
59	51国产视频 of Derby	2:1	41.6
60	Oxford Brookes 51国产视频	2:1	41.5
61	King鈥檚 College London	2:1	41.1
62	51国产视频 of St Andrews	2:1	41
63	51国产视频 of Portsmouth	2:1	40.7
64	51国产视频 of Stirling	2:1	40.1
65	London South Bank 51国产视频	2:1	39.9
66	51国产视频 of Sheffield	2:1	39.8

67	Durham 51国产视频	2:2	39.2
68=	Liverpool John Moores 51国产视频	2:2	39
68=	Kingston 51国产视频	2:2	39
70=	Queen Mary 51国产视频 of London	2:2	38.8
70=	51国产视频 of Nottingham	2:2	38.8
72=	Southampton Solent 51国产视频	2:2	38.7
72=	51国产视频 of Winchester	2:2	38.7
74	Arts 51国产视频 Bournemouth	2:2	38.6
75	51国产视频 of Chichester	2:2	38.5
76	51国产视频 of Hertfordshire	2:2	38.4
77	London Metropolitan 51国产视频	2:2	38
78	51国产视频 of York	2:2	37.9
79	Middlesex 51国产视频	2:2	37.7
80	York St John 51国产视频	2:2	37.4
81	51国产视频 of Sussex	2:2	37.3
82	Cranfield 51国产视频	2:2	37
83	Birkbeck, 51国产视频 of London	2:2	36.7
84	51国产视频 of Kent	2:2	36.6
85	Goldsmiths, 51国产视频 of London	2:2	36.5
86	51国产视频 of the West of Scotland	2:2	36.3
87	51国产视频 for the Creative Arts	2:2	35.5
88	51国产视频 of Huddersfield	2:2	35.2
89	51国产视频 of Wolverhampton	2:2	35
90	51国产视频 of West London	2:2	34.9
91	Bath Spa 51国产视频	2:2	34.8
92=	51国产视频 of East London	2:2	34.5
92=	51国产视频 of Southampton	2:2	34.5
94	Brunel 51国产视频 London	2:2	34.4
95	51国产视频 of Northampton	2:2	34.3
96	Imperial College London	2:2	33.4
97	51国产视频 of South Wales	2:2	33.3
98	51国产视频 of Cumbria	2:2	33.1
99	Teesside 51国产视频	2:2	33
100	Falmouth 51国产视频	2:2	32.9
101	51国产视频 of Essex	2:2	32.6
102	Buckinghamshire New 51国产视频	2:2	32.5

103=	Glasgow School of Art	3rd	32
103=	Staffordshire 51国产视频	3rd	32
105	Newman 51国产视频	3rd	31.8
106	51国产视频 of Bath	3rd	31.7
107	Harper Adams 51国产视频	3rd	31.3
108	51国产视频 of Aberdeen	3rd	31
109	51国产视频 of Suffolk	3rd	29.1
110=	51国产视频 of Manchester	3rd	28.4
110=	Aberystwyth 51国产视频	3rd	28.4
112	51国产视频 of Sunderland	3rd	28.3
113	51国产视频 of Liverpool	3rd	28.2
114	Heriot-Watt 51国产视频	3rd	27.9
115	The Institute of Cancer Research	3rd	27.5
116	Liverpool Hope 51国产视频	3rd	27.4
117	Royal Academy of Music	3rd	26.7
118=	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	3rd	26.4
118=	The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	3rd	26.4
120=	Trinity 51国产视频	3rd	25.7
120=	51国产视频 of Dundee	3rd	25.7
122	Roehampton 51国产视频	3rd	25.2
123	Queen Margaret 51国产视频	3rd	25
124	St George鈥檚, 51国产视频 of London	3rd	24.9
125	Robert Gordon 51国产视频	3rd	24.2
126=	St Mary鈥檚 51国产视频 College Belfast	3rd	24
126=	Royal College of Art	3rd	24
128	Guildhall School of Music and Drama	3rd	23.9
129=	Royal Holloway, 51国产视频 of London	3rd	23.7
129=	51国产视频 of Glasgow	3rd	23.7
131	51国产视频 of Abertay Dundee	3rd	23.5
132	Glyndwr 51国产视频	3rd	23.4
133	51国产视频 of Hull	3rd	23
134=	51国产视频 of Strathclyde	3rd	22.8
134=	Open 51国产视频	3rd	22.8

136	Bishop Grosseteste 51国产视频	Fail	20.7
137	Courtauld Institute of Art	Fail	20.4
138	Rose Bruford College	Fail	20.2
139	London Business School	Fail	20.1
140	Norwich 51国产视频 of the Arts	Fail	19.6
141	Heythrop College	Fail	19
142	Writtle College	Fail	18.3
143	51国产视频 of St Mark and St John	Fail	17.8
144	St Mary鈥檚 51国产视频, Twickenham	Fail	14.3
145	Royal Northern College of Music	Fail	13
146	51国产视频 College Birmingham	Fail	12.8
147	Stranmillis 51国产视频 College	Fail	10.4
148	51国产视频 of Bolton	Fail	9.5
149	Royal Veterinary College	Fail	7.1
150	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance	Fail	6.8

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