The School of Law at the University of Nottingham is proud to have been ranked fourth equal (with one other Law School) out of sixty-seven in The Times Higher Education RAE Subject Ratings (based on a Grade Point Average in relation to the School’s Quality Profile).
The School’s Quality Profile was:
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4* (quality that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour): 30%
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3* (quality that is internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour): 35%
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2* (quality that is recognised internationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour): 30%
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1* (quality that is recognised nationally in terms of originality, significance and rigour): 5%
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UC (Unclassified) (Quality that falls below the standard): 0%
Schools were not required to enter all of their academic staff. However, the School of Law at the University of Nottingham entered 100% of its Lecturers, Associate Professors/Readers and Professors. This comprised 46.43 Full Time Equivalent Staff. This was one of the higher number of staff entries for Law Schools (only eight of the sixty-seven Law Schools entered a higher total number of staff).
RAE 2008 Outcomes for Law
In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise conducted for the UK by the Higher Education Funding Councils, each Sub-Panel determined an overall quality profile for the research of each institution that entered staff. The table published by the Funding Councils is in alphabetical order, leaving it to others, including the media, to produce ranking tables. The following are the top Law Schools ranked according to the order of the grade point average. Where grade point averages are equal, the Law Schools concerned are listed in alphabetical order.
On this basis, Nottingham and Durham were fourth equal in terms of both the quality profile and the grade point average.
|
University
|
Staff entered
|
%4*
|
%3*
|
%2*
|
%1*
|
Unclass-
ified
|
Grade point average
|
|
LSE
|
50.95
|
45
|
30
|
15
|
10
|
0
|
3.10
|
|
UCL
|
42.80
|
35
|
40
|
20
|
5
|
0
|
3.05
|
|
Oxford
|
103.50
|
35
|
35
|
25
|
5
|
0
|
3.00
|
|
Durham
|
31.00
|
30
|
35
|
30
|
5
|
0
|
2.90
|
|
Nottingham
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46.43
|
30
|
35
|
30
|
5
|
0
|
2.90
|
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Kent
|
36.50
|
30
|
35
|
25
|
10
|
0
|
2.85
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|
Cambridge
|
83.27
|
25
|
35
|
35
|
5
|
0
|
2.80
|
|
Cardiff
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24.85
|
25
|
35
|
35
|
5
|
0
|
2.80
|
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Queen’s Belfast
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35.50
|
25
|
35
|
35
|
5
|
0
|
2.80
|
|
Edinburgh
|
48.74
|
30
|
25
|
35
|
10
|
0
|
2.75
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Download the full League Table for Law 
Information generally as to the proportion of staff returned by units of assessment was not collected by and has not been published by HEFCE .
The grade point average is determined by multiplying the percentages by 4 for the number for 4* research, 3 for 3* and so on, and dividing the resulting total by 100. This approach has been used in the Times Higher and Guardian subject ranking tables.
For newspaper subject ranking tables, see the Times Higher Education Supplement:
Times Higher Education Supplement Table of Excellence
The Guardian:
Guardian 2008: Law Results