Wallace Group


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.
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:
UniversityBUCS
BUCS
BUCS
BUCS
BUCS
Loughborough University111*2
Durham University333*3
University of Edinburgh554*4
University of Bath977*6
University of Stirling121314*10
University of St Andrews201817*18
Cardiff Metropolitan University212322*21
Northumbria University272828*13

Notes:
Suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic