UPDATED 14/12/2007

Work on next year's Guardian tables is already well advanced and for the first time has been assisted by a review group representing institutions in the sector. Their - occasionally robust - comments on the 2008 guide and the process of compiling it have been extremely helpful and have contributed to what follows.

University College London (UCL) leapt 16 places to take a slot among the top 10 universities in the world, according to the latest university rankings from the Times Higher Education Supplement. UCL ranked ninth this year, up from 25th in 2006. In all, 27 universities from 14 different countries were new entries in the top 200 ranking, published today.

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