The Wallace Group is a grouping of eight universities in the UK that have a shared interest in promoting sports and health workshops in developing countries. The sports which are primarily promoted are football, volleyball, basketball and netball with education workshops focused on HIV & AIDS.Northumbria University: Sport Foundation
The group was formed in 2004, originally with six universities, in partnership with UK Sport and established itself in 2006. It is named after David Wallace who is affiliated to two member universities. As a group they have worked in collaboration and have shown commitment to the establishment and sustainable practices of International Development. The focus for the group has been Zambia through the partnership with Sport in Action and EduSport. The University of Edinburgh joined in 2018.
BUCS Ranking
The universities participate annually in the British Universities and Colleges Sport Overall Championship, a ranking of around 160 member institutions' sporting achievements. Results for the previous five years are recorded below:
University BUCS (2024-25) BUCS (2023-24) BUCS (2022-23) BUCS (2021-22) BUCS (2020-21)‡ Loughborough University 1 1 1 1 * Durham University 3 3 3 3 * University of Edinburgh 5 5 5 4 * University of Bath 7 9 7 7 * University of Stirling 12 12 13 14 * University of St Andrews 16 20 18 17 * Cardiff Metropolitan University 22 21 23 22 * Northumbria University 23 27 28 28 *
Notes: ‡ Suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
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