Traditional major universities dominate the topic rankings for English
Oxford tops the table in the Research Professional News rankings for English language and literature, following the results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.
Submissions to the REF are broken down across 34 topic areas, or units of assessment. While large universities with expertise dominate the rankings on the overall league table across a swathe of topics, smaller institutions can carry more weight when it comes to individual units of assessment.