Wallace Group
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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.[1] The sports which are primarily promoted are football, volleyball, basketball and netball with education workshops focused on HIV & AIDS.[2]
| Formation | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Peter Warburton |
| Type | Association of United Kingdom-based universities |
Region served | United Kingdom |
| Membership | |
Key people | Sir David Wallace |
| Website | https://www.volunteer-zambia.com/ |
The group was formed in 2004, originally with six universities, in partnership with UK Sport[3] and established itself in 2006. It is named after David Wallace who is affiliated to two member universities.[4][5] 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.[6] The University of Edinburgh joined in 2018.[7]
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 (2023-24)[8] |
BUCS (2022-23)[9] |
BUCS (2021-22)[10] |
BUCS (2020-21)‡[11] |
BUCS (2019-20)[12] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loughborough University | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 2 |
| Durham University | 3 | 3 | 3 | * | 3 |
| University of Edinburgh | 5 | 5 | 4 | * | 4 |
| University of Bath | 9 | 7 | 7 | * | 6 |
| University of Stirling | 12 | 13 | 14 | * | 10 |
| University of St Andrews | 20 | 18 | 17 | * | 18 |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | 21 | 23 | 22 | * | 21 |
| Northumbria University | 27 | 28 | 28 | * | 13 |
Notes:
‡ Suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic