Had a quick online search there for criticisms of the university league tables. Not much mention about spend, personally I think I would be given a low weight anyway; there was an interesting point about grade inflation though - with a view to increasing the amount of good honours. It was also mentioned that universities may be more selective in admissions with regards to UCAS points, but I would say that would happen regardless of the league tables.
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