University league tables.

Reading The Independent today, noticed that they had published a series of University league tables. Well, it is that time of year when 17-and-18 year olds start to think about their futures.

The good news is that 56% of architecture graduates get a job in architecture. Assuming I graduate this year, and there is no reason to doubt that I shall, I shall be one of them. I have a job lined up for my year out.

The bad news is as follows. Lincoln places seventh out of eight universities in the East Midlands.
Also, despite having a cracking RIBA validation recently, and despite all the talk of being a 'rising' school of architecture, for some reason it didn't place anywhere in the top 20 schools listed in the tables, below even schools which have lost their validation.

Which has led me to think that maybe these tables are nothing but a contrite waste of paper. Are they official? Who decides which university goes top, and which bottom? Will The Times have a completely different listing?

Tell the truth, I'm not in the slightest concerned. a) because at least Lincoln is better than the erstwhile UCE, b) because in a few months I graduate, c) because unlike no doubt many in 'better' schools, I have a job lined up. What does that tell you? It tells you that I must have some talent, which is at the end of the day what matters.