Abstract

Higher education (HE) league table rankings have been widely adopted and used by stakeholders such as students and HE institution managers. Nevertheless, criticisms have been raised by researchers. The present study proposes that rather than using league table indicators to make a single, standardised ranking list, indicators of the existing three UK national league tables indicators could be used to form clusters based on the homogeneity of the characteristics of each business and management school. Six groups of business and management schools were extracted and characterised. The approach has removed the notion of saying that one business and management school is better than another (single ranking). Findings offer stakeholders a clearer view of business and management school by identifying groups that best represent the UK business and management school focus.