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The Highest spending institutions – and where they get the money from
		Total	Funding		Retained		Internal		Loans		Other
		capital	council		proceeds		funds				external
		spend	grants		of sales						sources
		£000s	£000s	%	£000s	%	£000s	%	£000s	%	£000s	%
1	Imperial College London	127,599	36,774	29	0	0	80,941	63	0	0	9,884	8
2	University of Cambridge	119,160	38,748	33	0	0	47,720	40	0	0	32,692	27
3	University of Manchester	96,721	24,860	26	0	0	61,056	63	0	0	10,805	11
4	University College London	90,418	42,564	47	0	0	22,421	25	0	0	25,433	28
5	Institute of Education	79,777	7,574	9	0	0	43	0	11,000	14	61,160	77
6	University of Birmingham	79,037	17,303	22	0	0	49,419	63	0	0	12,315	16
7	University of Southampton	68,927	25,474	37	0	0	37,026	54	1,319	2	5,108	7
8	University of Westminster	66,062	226	0	0	0	9,176	14	0	0	56,660	86
9	University of Liverpool	54,261	14,635	27	0	0	33,208	61	1,375	3	5,043	9
10	University of Bristol	52,375	12,384	24	0	0	25,535	49	10,956	21	3,500	7
11	University of Sheffield	52,321	19,990	38	0	0	16,998	32	0	0	15,333	29
12	University of Edinburgh	52,125	9,170	18	0	0	26,859	52	0	0	16,096	31
13	Brunel University	51,437	1,720	3	23,713	46	1,128	2	24,199	47	677	1
14	University of Leeds	48,723	23,501	48	3,205	7	14,345	29	0	0	7,672	16
15	University of Nottingham	47,739	16,047	34	0	0	22,890	48	0	0	8,802	18
16	University of Warwick	46,552	11,063	24	1,520	3	11,359	24	10,323	22	12,287	26
17	University of Reading	45,680	11,843	26	0	0	9,400	21	22,064	48	2,373	5
18	Queen Margaret, Edinburgh	44,730	845	2	5,228	12	338	1	38,319	86	0	0
19	Sheffield Hallam University	40,271	6,941	17	0	0	33,239	83	0	0	91	0
20	Queen's University of Belfast	38,997	12,422	32	3,371	9	9,368	24	1,115	3	12,721	33
Academic year 2007/08 Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency

The Most independently wealthy
		Total capital	Internal
		spend	funds
		£000s	£000s	%

1	Imperial College London	127,599	80,941	63
2	University of Manchester	96,721	61,056	63
3	University of Birmingham	79,037	49,419	63
4	University of Cambridge	119,160	47,720	40
5	University of Southampton	68,927	37,026	54
6	Sheffield Hallam University	40,271	33,239	83
7	University of Liverpool	54,261	33,208	61
8	University of Plymouth	35,802	29,324	82
9	University of Edinburgh	52,125	26,859	52
10	University of Bristol	52,375	25,535	49
11	University of Nottingham	47,739	22,890	48
12	University College London	90,418	22,421	25
13	London School of Economics	23,916	18,521	77
14	University of Northumbria	21,512	17,998	84
15	University of Sheffield	52,321	16,998	32
16	Leeds Metropolitan University	29,407	16,981	58
17	University of York	34,823	16,228	47
18	London South Bank University	18,052	16,085	89
19	University of Ulster	25,341	15,816	62
20	University of Glamorgan	16,706	15,636	94
Academic year 2007/08 Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency