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Special Report: Merton tops 2021 Norrington Table but rankings show link between college wealth and academic performance - Cherwell
Given that there is no teaching in the colleges of Cambridge and Oxford, why do some colleges traditionally perform better than others according to rating systems, such as the Tompkins Table? -
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Where on the Norrington Tompkins scale do you actually want your Oxford or Cambridge college to sit?
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