Who started this self-appointed quango purporting to be a centre of excellence, huh ? Tell me that ! At what point did they decide that their pompous cartel should be rated above every other university in the country.
'Bartholemew was just pipped for his Oxbridge entry but he wa awarded a place to read Business Studies at York...'
Piffle.
Everyone with half a brain will recall that some of the best Engineering degrees (which, by the way, require a level of nous unheard of in the average Psycology tutorial) were awarded by former Polytechnics.
Russell group - stick it up your arse you Borgeoise tossers.
PS No, I didn't attend a former Polytechnic for the record, but at least in the days before Blair's 'degrees for everyone !' you knew where you stood.