El «Golden Triangle» (triángulo de oro en inglés) es un grupo no oficial formado por las universidadesbritánicas más elitistas situadas entre las ciudades de Cambridge, Londres y Oxford, formando un triángulo geográfico entre ellas.[7] Forman parte de este grupo:[17]
Las universidades del triángulo de oro tienen algunas de las asignaciones financieras universitarias más grandes del Reino Unido, lo que permite que las universidades tienen recursos suficientes para ofrecer sus programas académicos y las iniciativas de investigación. En 2014, la Universidad de Cambridge tenía una dotación de 5.89 billones de £.[25] Además, cada universidad recibe millones de libras en fondos de investigación y otras subvenciones del gobierno del Reino Unido, un detalle que no se pasa por alto por otras universidades líderes.[26]
↑ ab«Oxbridge windfall». Times Higher Education(en inglés). 4 août 1995. «A large amount of the cash awarded to humanities postgraduates still goes to the "Golden Triangle" of Oxford, Cambridge and London, British Academy figures reveal.»
↑ abKershaw, Alison (4 octobre 2012). «UK universities slip in rankings». The Independent(en inglés). «Rankings editor Phil Baty said: "Outside the golden triangle of London, Oxford and Cambridge, England's world-class universities face a collapse into global mediocrity.»
↑ abAndrew Ward (25 juin 2015). «Johnson floats £10bn biotech fund for London». Financial Times(en inglés). «MedCity was launched last year to increase collaboration between Imperial College, King's College and University College London — the capital's three main science universities — and promote the broader 'golden triangle' between London, Cambridge and Oxford to investors.»
↑ abRebecca Marriage (11 mars 2015). «UK confirmed as 'global education superpower' in international university rankings». ReLocate Global (en inglés). «The 'golden triangle' of Oxford, Cambridge and London strengthened its grip on UK higher education: As well as Cambridge and Oxford rising closer to the summit, University College London moved up from 25th to 17th, the London School of Economics rose two places to 22nd and King's College London jumped eight places from 43rd to 31st.»
↑ abMullins, Justin (23 avril 2005). «England's golden triangle». New Scientist(en inglés). «Take a look at any of the various league tables ranking universities around the world ... Oxford and Cambridge are in the top handful, while London's University College and Imperial College sit comfortably in the top 25. ... London, Oxford and Cambridge are a 'golden triangle' of academic success.»
↑ abWiggins, Kaye (11 mars 2015). «The World Reputation Rankings: UK's university 'golden triangle' strengthens grip»(en inglés). «The “golden triangle” of Oxford, Cambridge and London has strengthened its grip on the UK’s higher education system, according to the latest global reputation rankings from TES’s sister title Times Higher Education.»
↑Multiple sources state the golden triangle is formed around Oxford, Cambridge and London[1][2][3][4][5][6]
↑ ab«Golden opportunities». Nature(en inglés). 6 juillet 2005. «No longer rivals, Oxford, Cambridge and London are now working towards a common goal — ensuring the 'golden triangle' becomes a global science hub.» (Names Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, King's and Imperial)
↑ abZoe Corbyn (26 novembre 2009). «In research, small is just as beautiful». Times Higher Education(en inglés). «The findings reveal the full extent of the dominance of the golden triangle: papers from the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, University College London, Imperial College London, and the London School of Economics were cited far more often than the world average». (Names Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, Imperial and LSE)
↑ ab«'Golden triangle' to win funding riches». Times Higher Education(en inglés). 11 février 2010. «The other institutions in the Cambridge-Oxford-London 'golden triangle' - University College London, Imperial College London and the London School of Economics - will also receive big cash windfalls, as will the University of Manchester.» (names Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, Imperial and LSE)
↑ abSean Coughlan (3 octobre 2013). «London top city in global university rankings». BBC News(en inglés). «The so-called 'golden triangle' of UK universities - Oxford, Cambridge and leading London institutions - is seen as a breakaway elite group, with these universities consolidating their international reputations. Imperial College, University College London, LSE and King's College London are all in the top 40.» (Names Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, King's, Imperial and LSE)
↑ abMiriam Frankel; Alison Goddard; Gretchen Ransow (18 décembre 2014). «Golden Triangle pulls ahead in REF shake-out: UCL and KCL ascend power rankings, Manchester and Leeds fall». Research Fortnight(en inglés). Archivado desde el original el 21 de enero de 2016. Consultado el 12 de marzo de 2017. «The top six universities in the so-called golden triangle--Oxford, UCL, Cambridge, Imperial, KCL and the London School of Economics and Political Science--have done particularly well in the Power Ratings.» (Names Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, King's, Imperial and LSE)
↑ abJha, Alok (3 juin 2003). «Gold rush». The Guardian(en inglés). «The golden triangle of Oxford, Cambridge, University College London and Imperial College, show no sign of slowing down in their race away from the rest of the sector when it comes to research funding.» (Names Oxford, Cambridge, UCL and Imperial)
↑ abClark, Paul (1 mars 2002). «The golden triangle holds the secret». Times Higher Education(en inglés). «Suppose, for the sake of argument, that the four institutions comprising the 'golden triangle' - Cambridge, Imperial College, Oxford and University College London - elect not to receive their block Higher Education Funding Council for England grant for teaching.» (Names Oxford, Cambridge, UCL and Imperial)
↑Multiple sources confirm the membership, although some omit either King's or LSE, as noted under their entries[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
↑Mike Savage (5 novembre 2015). «Social Class in the 21st Century». Penguin(en inglés). p. 167. «Higher education researchers often talk about a 'Golden Triangle' of universities. The 'triangle' describes an imaginary three-sided shape with corners in Oxford, Cambridge and London. The exact composition of the London 'corner' can vary, but typically it includes the London School of Economics, King's College London, University College London and Imperial College London.»
↑«LSE in university league tables». London School of Economics(en inglés). Consultado el 1 octobre 2015. «But we remain concerned that all of the global rankings - by some way the most important for us, given our highly international orientation - suffer from inbuilt biases in favour of large multi-faculty universities with full STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) offerings, and against small, specialist, mainly non-STEM universities such as LSE.»