Stirling tops British league

The analysis, produced by Research Fortnight, was based on the results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014).

This was a large-scale exercise which reviewed the quality of research in different subjects at universities across the UK.

Panels of experts scored the work of more than 52,000 academics from 154 UK universities.

The Institute came in 3rd in UK and 2nd in Scotland for Research Impact and 90% of the Research Impact is 4* (outstanding). It is scored top in the UK in aquaculture research and top in Scotland in aquaculture research.