University of Birmingham would also wish to participate in this joint approach. Regards, Christine Christine Abbott Director of Planning The University of Birmingham Birmingham B15 2TT Tel: 0121- 414-3755 email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Academic, financial or space planning in UK universities [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Gary Smith Sent: 13 June 2006 15:34 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Guardian League Table Dear Brian UCL would also support this approach. Best Wishes Gary At 10:41 13/06/2006, you wrote: >Dear All, > >I'm sure that if the Guardian published information on its banding >method that this would immediately show up some apparent anomolies. > >All we would require is the levels at which the various bands were set >(which they used to publish for unit costs in the early days); the >number of institutions in each band (although it's possible to get >this from the published information, it's a slog); and finally >notification to individual institutions of their absolute score within >a particular band. > >If a large number of us sent in a combined request for this >information (possibly at V-C level), how could they reasonably refuse? > >Anyone interested in such an approach? > >Regards Brian Gary Smith Deputy Director, Management Information and Services The Registry, UCL Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT E-mail: [log in to unmask] Tel: external 020-7679-2044; internal 3-2044