1994 Group

Encyclopedia : 1 : 19 : 199 : 1994 Group

---

1994 Group
Data
Established	1994
Members	16
Continent	Europe
Country	United Kingdom
Administrator	Paul Marshall, University of Sussex

The 1994 Group is a coalition of 'smaller research-intensive universities' founded to defend their interests after the larger research-intensive universities founded the Russell Group. They describe themselves as "internationally recognised universities in Britain, who share common aims, standards and values." The group aims to provide "a framework for collaboration between research-intensive universities in the UK." [link]

According to the 'Patterns 3' report by Universities UK, "The Russell Group and the 1994 Group share many features, but are distinguished chiefly by the fact that most members of the Russell Group have medical schools, and an emphasis on science and technology. Within the Russell Group a small number of institutions are outliers on the basis of the statistical information available, and if these were excluded from the analysis, the Russell Group and the 1994 Group would show very similar characteristics."

There are two common members of the Russell Group and the 1994 Group - the University of Warwick and the London School of Economics (LSE). In terms of research funding, these are the two smallest English institutions in the Russell Group (HEFCE Research Funding allocations, 2004/5). Warwick is the largest of the 1994 institutions by this measure and represents the overlap point between the two groups. It comes in 15th overall with respect to its size and is joined in the top 20 English institutions (by this measure) by Durham, York, Reading, Surrey and Queen Mary, University of London.

However, the 1994 Groups should not be seen solely as being defined by comparison with the Russell Group. While this was the driving force behind its formation, it has spread into other activities such as the Dangoor Scholarships - 1000 scholarships of 1000 pounds each funded by Naim Dangoor and available for students starting university in 2005/6.

Members

• Birkbeck, University of London
• Goldsmiths, University of London
• Lancaster University
• London School of Economics and Political Science (also in the Russell Group)
• Royal Holloway, University of London
• University of Bath
• Durham University
• University of East Anglia
• University of Essex
• University of Exeter
• University of Reading
• University of St Andrews
• University of Surrey
• University of Sussex
• University of Warwick (also in the Russell Group)
• University of York

In August 2006, the following four institutions will join the 1994 Group:

• Queen Mary, University of London
• School of Oriental and African Studies
• University of Leicester
• Loughborough University

Until 1 October 2004 the list included the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), now merged with the Victoria University of Manchester. The new University of Manchester formed by the merger is in the Russell Group.

See also

• British university
• Russell Group of Universities
• Red Brick university
• Plate glass university
• Campus university
• Campaigning for Mainstream Universities (Group of the ex-polytechnics)
• Innovative Research Universities Australia

External link

• [The 1994 Group of Universities]

	The 1994 Group (of smaller British research universities)
	Bath | Birkbeck | Durham | East Anglia | Essex | Exeter | Goldsmiths College | Lancaster | London School of Economics* | Reading | Royal Holloway | St Andrews | Surrey | Sussex | Warwick* | York
	Joining 1 August 2006: Leicester | Loughborough | School of Oriental and African Studies | Queen Mary
* Also a member of the Russell Group

 

---

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.

Search Titles

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

?