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A quality experience say University of Reading students
Release Date : 18 August 2010
The University of Reading provides a high quality student experience, according to the results of the National Student Survey 2010, which surveys final year students in higher education across the UK.
Of students responding to the poll, 88% stated that they were satisfied with the quality of the experience at the University of Reading, an increase of 1% on 2009 and 5% higher than the higher education sector average.
Professor Rob Robson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Teaching and Learning at the University of Reading, said: "We are extremely pleased that, once again, our students have rated the experience they get here so positively. We provide high quality research-led teaching and an outstanding student experience at Reading, which ensures we are consistently ranked as one of the top university experiences by the people who matter most, our students.
"Of particular note in our results are the strength of our teaching with 86% satisfaction and the levels of support we offer for personal development (81%). However, we are just as interested to find out about the areas in which we can still improve and so will be using the results of this survey to inform and improve the quality of the Reading experience."
Star performing departments include History of Art (with 100% overall satisfaction), English (97%), Law (96%), Food and Nutritional Sciences (96%), Classics (96%) and ICMA (96%) with Chemistry, History and Meteorology also showing high overall satisfaction levels.
Full results are available at www.unistats.com. More information on the University of Reading at www.reading.ac.uk
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Further information from Alex Brannen on 0118 378 8005
Notes to editors:
- 62% of Reading final year students responded to the survey.
- The National Student Survey (NSS)is a national initiative, conducted annually since 2005. The survey runs in the first quarter of the year across all publicly funded Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and participating HEIs in Scotland.
- The survey asks final year students on undergraduate courses or equivalent to provide feedback on their courses in a nationally recognised format. Students are asked to indicate the extent to which they agree with a series of positive statements relating to the following aspects of the student learning experience:
- The results of the survey are provided to participating institutions to help inform future practice and experience enhancement, and are also made available to prospective students and schools as part of the suite of data and information about universities on Unistats, the UCAS-managed website.
- The 2010 National Student Survey results were launched on 18 August..The national average score across the sector for students who responded to the question 'Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of my course' was 81.6%. The Unistats web-site (www.unistats.com) gives data on all students in the survey and the latest data is available to view from Wednesday 18 August.
- The University of Reading is rated as one of the top 200 universities in the world (THE-QS World Rankings 2009).
- The University of Reading is one of the UK's top research-intensive universities. The University is ranked in the top 20 UK higher education institutions in securing research council grants worth nearly £10 million from EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, AHRC and BBSRC.
- The University is estimated to contribute £600 million to the local economy annually.
- University of Reading is a member of the 1994 Group of 19 leading research-intensive universities. The Group was established in 1994 to promote excellence in university research and teaching. Each member undertakes diverse and high-quality research, while ensuring excellent levels of teaching and student experience. http://www.1994group.ac.uk/www.1994group.ac.uk
- More information at www.reading.ac.uk