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University rankings[edit]

Over the last few years, British universities have been subjected to the increasing popularity of national university league tables, which rank universities based on criteria such as their student-staff ratio, drop-out rates and spending on services and facilities. Oxford and Cambridge have been a constant presence at the top end of the tables, never appearing outside the overall top three and rarely not holding the first and second places, but their dominance in individual subjects has been challenged by other institutions.^[36][37] Nonetheless, the Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom show it often varies from year to year and table to table which of the two universities ranks higher, and neither has dominated since the creation of league tables.
As of the 2022 rankings, Oxford and Cambridge appear in the top three places in all three of the major UK university league tables. Oxford has been ranked 1st and Cambridge 2nd in the tables compiled by The Guardian,^[38] and The Complete University Guide,^[39] whereas Oxford is ranked 2nd and Cambridge 3rd in The Times/The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.^[40]
International league tables of universities across the world, which use a variety of different criteria (often research output in the sciences and reputation among peer institutions), generally ranks Cambridge and Oxford almost equally; for example the 2010 U.S. News & World Report's World's Best Universities ranking placed Cambridge as 1st in the world and Oxford the 6th^[41] while in the International 2013 Times Higher Education rankings, Oxford is ranked second globally and Cambridge seventh.^[42]

Oxbridge co-operation[edit]

Despite the impassioned rivalry between the two universities, there is also much cooperation when the need arises. Most Oxford colleges have a sister college in Cambridge. Some Oxford and Cambridge colleges with the same name are 'sisters': for example, Jesus College, Cambridge, and Jesus College, Oxford. However, namesakes are not always paired up: for example, St John's College, Oxford, is the sister college of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, while St John's College, Cambridge, is the sister college of Balliol College, Oxford. Arrangements between sister colleges vary, but may include reciprocal offers of accommodation to students from the other university when they are visiting. Furthermore, a significant proportion of academic staff has at some point been a member of the "other place".
Concerns are often raised that Oxford and Cambridge do not project a socially inclusive image to potential applicants from state schools, and thus Oxbridge students are disproportionately from wealthy backgrounds.^[43] The two universities have made individual and combined efforts in recent years to promote themselves to potential applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds.^[44][45] Each year, the Universities spend around £8 million on access schemes and there is a designated Access Officer in every JCR and students' union.