Revealed: The universities with the most satisfied students
The results of the National Student Survey are in
You were all asked whether you were satisfied with your uni in the National Student Survey, which wouldn’t leave your screen pestering you to reply. They’ve text you, emailed you, called you, almost turned up on your doorstep, just to ask “how happy are you?”
The survey asks about various components of uni life such as teaching, assessment and feedback, academic support, organisation and management, learning resources, personal development and overall satisfaction.
The response rate to the 2016 survey is 72 per cent, slightly higher than the previous two years: 10,000 more final year students responded, which takes the total number to around 312,000.
St Andrews topped the leaderboard with a whopping 94 per cent.
Meanwhile, Scottish counterparts, Edinburgh lagged behind with the lowest score of 80 per cent.
HEFCE Chief Executive, Professor Madeleine Atkins, said: “I’m pleased to see that the results of this year’s survey remain very positive, demonstrating the commitment of all higher education providers to deliver high quality teaching and learning for their students.
“The response rate is very encouraging and ensures that the student voice continues to inform enhancements in quality and in the information available to the next cohort of students.”
In 2017, the National Student Survey will become compulsory for all of those registered to higher education institutions.
Here is a summary of the survey, the scores for overall satisfaction for each university:
Aberdeen – 88 per cent
Aberystwyth – 92 per cent
Aston – 88 per cent
Bath – 90 per cent
Belfast – 90 per cent
Birmingham – 86 per cent
Bristol – 86 per cent
Brookes – 87 per cent
Cardiff – 87 per cent
Durham – 89 per cent
Edinburgh – 80 per cent
Exeter – 91 per cent
Glasgow – 89 per cent
Hull – 86 per cent
John Moores – 84 per cent
Kent – 90 per cent
King’s – 82 per cent
Lancaster – 91 per cent
Leeds – 90 per cent
Leicester – 88 per cent
Lincoln – 91 per cent
Liverpool – 87 per cent
Loughborough – 89 per cent
Manchester – 85 per cent
Newcastle – 90 per cent
Northumbria – 86 per cent
Norwich – 91 per cent
Nottingham – 89 per cent
Oxford – 90 per cent
Plymouth – 85 per cent
Reading – 87 per cent
Royal Holloway – 89 per cent
Sheffield – 89 per cent
Southampton – 86 per cent
St Andrews – 94 per cent
Stirling – 89 per cent
Strathclyde – 87 per cent
Sussex – 89 per cent
Trent – 89 per cent
UCL – 84 per cent
UCLan – 83 per cent
UWE – 87 per cent
Warwick – 88 per cent
York – 89 per cent