HEFCE Review of Research

• 35% of the Department's work was rated in the highest category 4*, defined as  'world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour'
• A further 45% was rated 3* i.e. 'internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour'.

Since departments were given a quality profile rather than a single
rating, there are a number of different ways of calculating league
tables which compare different universities.  A simple measure which
takes account of the whole profile is the 'grade point average',
combining the proportion of 4* multiplied by 4,  the proportion of 3*
multiplied by 3, and so on.
 
On this measure Oxford Psychology comes a narrow second to Cambridge in a national table.  It is noteworthy that Oxford's scores were achieved across a group of 39 researchers, compared to only 24 from Cambridge.

QAA Review of Teaching

The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for Higher Education awarded a maximum score of 24 for teaching and learning quality in their recent review of Psychology at Oxford University and the Oxford MSc in Neuroscience Course.

The QAA review team awarded the maximum rating for all aspects of their review, i.e.:-

• Curriculum Design, Content and Organisation (4/4)
• Teaching, Learning and Assessment (4/4)
• Student Progression and Achievement (4/4)
• Student Support and Guidance (4/4)
• Learning Resources (4/4)
• Quality Management and Enchancement (4/4)