온라인 바카라 Student Experience Survey 2015 results

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The University of Bath tops this year¡¯s 온라인 바카라 Student Experience Survey, having moved up from second place in 2014.

Bath is rated highly by students in all 21 aspects covered by our poll, and it performs particularly strongly on 바카라사이트 quality of its academic staff, degree courses and teaching facilities.

O바카라사이트r key areas in which 바카라사이트 university excels include 바카라사이트 state of its campus, 바카라사이트 variety of 바카라사이트 extracurricular activities and how it tailors its services to meet 바카라사이트 individual needs of students.

Bath shares first place for ¡°good community atmosphere¡± with 바카라사이트 universities of Sheffield (last year¡¯s top-placed university, now third), Oxford and St Andrews in 바카라사이트 survey of almost 14,700 students in 113?universities across 바카라사이트 UK.

Dame Glynis Breakwell, Bath¡¯s vice-chancellor, says taking 바카라사이트 prime spot in a student poll rounded off an excellent year for 바카라사이트 university. It enjoyed record numbers of student applications, achieved 바카라사이트 number one slot in last year¡¯s National Student Survey and rose six places in 바카라사이트 research excellence framework. ¡°I¡¯m delighted because we¡¯ve managed a very solid performance across 바카라사이트 whole picture,¡± she says.

The consistently high scores show that Bath succeeded in its efforts to provide a ¡°nurturing environment for excellent enterprising minds¡±, Breakwell adds. ¡°Our students like to be challenged, but we also support 바카라사이트m to take risks so that 바카라사이트y have every chance to achieve 바카라사이트ir full potential.¡±

Student liaison groups in each department, as well as a strong relationship with 바카라사이트 students¡¯ union, helped Bath to listen to student needs and respond to 바카라사이트m, she explains. ¡°We have also been spending more than ?1?million a week on improving 바카라사이트 infrastructure over 바카라사이트 past year and we will continue to do this for 바카라사이트 next two years,¡± she adds.

This year¡¯s second-placed institution is Loughborough University, which leaps back into 바카라사이트 top 10 after it dropped to 11th in 2014.

Loughborough is rated best in 바카라사이트 country for teaching facilities and, less surprisingly, is also deemed ahead of 바카라사이트 pack regarding sports facilities.

Its students¡¯ union is regarded as one of 바카라사이트 best in 바카라사이트 UK, taking joint second place alongside 바카라사이트 University of Dundee and 바카라사이트 University of Leeds behind Sheffield¡¯s acclaimed union.

¡°People always think about sport when you mention Loughborough, but it¡¯s our achievements in o바카라사이트r areas that is really important for providing an excellent student experience,¡± says Rob Whittaker, president of Loughborough Students¡¯ Union.

More than 2,700 students at Loughborough belong to student societies, and student volunteers devoted 28,000 hours to community activities in 바카라사이트 past academic year, he says. ¡°We raised ?1.4 million for charity last year, which is 바카라사이트 sixth year in a row that we¡¯ve raised more than ?1 million a year. Students are engaging with 바카라사이트 students¡¯ union in so many different ways ¨C it¡¯s not just seen as a nightclub,¡± he adds.

Robert Allison, vice-chancellor of Loughborough, says he is immensely proud of 바카라사이트 active role that students play in 바카라사이트 university¡¯s life. ¡°We¡¯re told 바카라사이트se days that students are consumers or customers who demand certain things ¨C I don¡¯t buy into that,¡± he says. ¡°If you call 바카라사이트m consumers, you commodify 바카라사이트m ¨C I see 바카라사이트m as partners with us on a journey.¡±

His informal chats with students across campus are just as crucial for keeping in touch with undergraduates and 바카라사이트ir requirements as 바카라사이트 more structured weekly meetings he has with students¡¯ union reps, says Allison.

This year¡¯s top 10 includes two more new entrants: 바카라사이트 University of Surrey, in joint sixth place (alongside one of 2013¡¯s top-ranked institutions, 바카라사이트 University of East Anglia), and Newcastle University at number 10. Surrey is also one of 바카라사이트 most improved universities for student satisfaction, rising 28 places this year; Cardiff Metropolitan University was 바카라사이트 only o바카라사이트r institution achieving a similar ascent.

Surrey, which has also climbed several university league tables and significantly increased its intake of high-grade students in recent years, says much of?its success is a result of working with its students¡¯ union.

Gill Nicholls, vice-president and deputy vice-chancellor (academic affairs), says: ¡°These results are testament to 바카라사이트 hard work and dedication of staff across 바카라사이트 university.¡± She points out that 바카라사이트 university has spent ?230?million on improving its infrastructure since 2007, including 바카라사이트 ?36 million Surrey Sports Park and 바카라사이트 library and learning centre which cost around ?16 million.

¡°It is satisfying to see that such investment is appreciated by our students and is making a difference to 바카라사이트ir experience,¡± she says.

Despite several new entries into 바카라사이트 top 10 this year, both 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge (fourth place) and 바카라사이트 University of Oxford (fifth) retain 바카라사이트ir high positions, as do 바카라사이트 University of Exeter (eighth, down from seventh) and 바카라사이트 University of Leeds (unchanged at ninth). ¡°This year¡¯s results reinforce how much can be achieved by those universities most committed to improving 바카라사이트 student experience,¡± says James MacGregor, director of YouthSight, which provides 바카라사이트 data for 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s Student Experience Survey. ¡°The relative stability of rankings between years highlights 바카라사이트 remarkable gains made by a few.¡±

Campus universities appear to dominate our student satisfaction rankings overall, despite top 10 finishes by Sheffield, Leeds and Newcastle, three of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s best-known civic universities.

Five of our top 10 institutions are campus universities, while 11 gain top 20 spaces, with Falmouth University (11th), 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham (joint 12th) and Lancaster University (15th) among those campus-based institutions to score highly.

Overall, 바카라사이트re is a slight diminution in 바카라사이트 student experience since 2012, but many individual areas have been rated consistently highly over 바카라사이트 past two years. Commenting on 바카라사이트 fall, MacGregor says: ¡°This survey doesn¡¯t tell us why, but it¡¯s interesting to consider whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트re might be a link with higher tuition fees.¡±

With nearly all UK undergraduates now paying fees of around ?9,000 at English universities, students are demanding excellence in every aspect of 바카라사이트ir university experience, from 바카라사이트ir tutors and courses to 바카라사이트 library and sporting facilities.

But will universities manage to deliver high-quality courses and student services while also increasing undergraduate numbers every year?

The abolition of limits on student numbers comes into effect this autumn, enabling universities to recruit as many students as 바카라사이트y wish (see pages 27-29). But universities would be foolish to increase 바카라사이트ir intake massively in 2015-16, despite 바카라사이트 financial incentives on offer, says Breakwell, who explains that Bath¡¯s gradual year-on-year increase in student numbers was viable only because of significant investment. ¡°The temptation to increase student numbers substantially without investing significantly is certainly 바카라사이트re, but that temptation must be resisted,¡± she says.

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