OXFORD University has rejected a report which suggested it could plunge down performance rankings under proposals to assess teaching quality.
The Times Higher Education magazine has published findings based on modelling of data that the Government plans to use to assess teaching in universities.
The government proposals were set out in a white paper in May, and are expected in a higher education bill in the Autumn.
But Oxford University spokesman Stephen Rouse said the university did not accept the magazine's analysis.
He said: "The Russell Group of Universities has already set out factors which mean this analysis is inaccurate and misleading.
"A full 93 per cent of Oxford students in the latest National Student Survey were satisfied with the teaching on their courses.
"Consistently positive feedback in our own Student Barometer surveys confirms our students’ views that the teaching and support they receive through Oxford’s tutorial system is second to none."
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