In December 2015, the Economic Research Council hosted the fifth annual "Clash of the Titans" event. We invited three notable economic alumni from the top three university economics departments in the country, as well as members of the audience and ERC website visitors, to give their predictions for the year ahead.
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Competition Rankings
Full Rankings | Official Competition | University Competition
The University Competition includes every university that had at least three alumni or current students enter the main competition. The top three individual scores of people affiliated with that university go towards the university "team" score.
Last Updated 30th September (Q2 GDP Final Estimate)
| Pos | University | Score* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | = | Oxford | 89 (0) |
| 2= | = | Sheffield | 94 (0) |
| 2= |  |
UEA | 94 (0) |
| 4. | |
Warwick | 98 (0) |
| 5. |  |
LSE | 101 (0) |
| 6. | = | Bath | 103 (0) |
| 7= | |
Cambridge | 107 (0) |
| 7= | |
Surrey | 107 (0) |
| 9. | |
Nottingham | 111 (0) |
| 10. | |
Kent | 116 (0) |
| 11= | = | Liverpool | 117 (0) |
| 11= | |
Open University | 117 (0) |
| 13. | |
Reading | 118 (0) |
| 14. | = | Bristol | 119 (0) |
| 15= | |
Leeds | 121 (0) |
| 15= | |
UCL | 121 (0) |
| 17. | = | Queen's, Belfast | 124 (0) |
| 18. | |
Essex | 126 (0) |
| 19. | = | Cardiff | 133 (0) |
| 20. | |
Queen Mary | 135 (0) |
| 21. | |
Loughborough | 144 (0) |
| 22= | |
Edinburgh | 146 (0) |
| 22= | = | York | 146 (0) |
| 24. | = | Imperial | 149 (0) |
| 25. | = | Strathclyde | 158 (0) |
| 26. | |
Royal Holloway | 161 (0) |
| 27. | |
Swansea | 162 (0) |
| 28. | = | Bradford | 175 (0) |
| 29= | |
Manchester | 196 (0) |
| 29= | = | Southampton | 196 (0) |
| 31. | = | Exeter | 200 (0) |
| 32. | = | Birmingham | 212 (0) |
*The score is calculated as the sum of the absolute differences between the predictions and reality, multiplied by ten; lowest score wins.