A quality experience say our students
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
'We are extremely pleased that, once again, our students have rated the experience they get here so positively.'
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, 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."
The University's academic staff were praised by their students particularly for ‘explaining things well' (90%) and delivering well arranged courses that run smoothly. Our students also rated staff involved in their personal development very highly, saying that they gained confidence and communication skills that help them for life.
"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," said Professor Robson.
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.