Emmanuel beats Trinity to top of Tompkins Table

Trinity drops to second place, with Churchill rising to third position for the first time in 20 years

by Zing Tsjeng

This article is 14 years old

Friday July 9 2010, 12:57pm

Emmanuel College has returned to the top of the Tompkins Table, relegating Tompkins rival Trinity College to second place. Figures compiled by The Independent reveal that one in three Emma undergraduates graduated with a first this year, with almost four hundred of Emmanuel’s 420 undergraduates obtaining at least a 2:1. Emmanuel has not been at the top of the independent league table for the past three years.

The college scored 69.11 per cent on the table’s ranking, compared to Trinity’s top-ranking 68.83 per cent in 2009. The ranking is based on a points system that awards colleges 100 per cent for a first, 60 per cent for a 2:1, 40 per cent for a 2:2 and 40 per cent for a third. This is the fifth time that Emmanuel has topped the Tompkins Table in a decade.

Emmanuel takes 63 per cent of its undergraduates from state schools, compared to the University’s average of 58 per cent. Richard Barnes, the college’s senior tutor, told The Independent: “What this really means is that we’re helping students to achieve their potential… The important thing is that we’re doing well for our students.”

Churchill College has also performed well in this year’s table, rising from seventh place to third, its highest positioning 20 years. Other colleges did less well, with Gonville and Caius down from fourth to 11th, and St John’s from 14th to 20th.

Tompkins Table 2010
Position	College	% Score	% Firsts
1 (2)	Emmanuel	69.11%	33.2%
2 (1)	Trinity	67.15%	32.1%
3 (7)	Churchill	67.08%	29.0%
4 (9)	Trinity Hall	66.02%	25.1%
5 (8)	Magdalene	65.31%	24.3%
6 (3)	Selwyn	64.88%	23.7%
7 (16)	Peterhouse	64.85%	27.0%
8 (18)	Clare	64.19%	23.5%
9 (5)	St. Catharine's	64.15%	23.8%
10 (6)	Pembroke	64.04%	24.1%
11 (4)	Gonville & Caius	63.72%	24.2%
12 (13)	Christ's	63.62%	22.0%
13 (10)	Corpus Christi	63.48%	21.6%
14 (17)	King's	62.69%	23.4%
15 (15)	Downing	62.42%	18.6%
16 (11)	Jesus	62.32%	19.7%
17 (12)	Queens'	62.16%	22.6%
18 (22)	Sidney Sussex	61.86%	20.3%
19 (19)	Robinson	61.79%	18.3%
20 (14)	St. John's	61.73%	19.1%
21 (20)	Girton	60.38%	16.4%
22 (21)	Fitzwilliam	59.56%	16.2%
23 (23)	Murray Edwards	59.53%	14.3%
24 (27)	Wolfson	59.51%	10.9%
25 (24)	Newnham	58.73%	14.2%
26 (25)	Homerton	58.65%	14.6%
27 (26)	Hughes Hall	57.98%	16.4%
28 (28)	St Edmund's	54.68%	8.0%
29 (29)	Lucy Cavendish	52.45%	11.7%
Source - The Independent

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