Reading offers top university experience according to national survey

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

The University of Reading is ranked in the top 20 UK universities for student satisfaction according to the National Student Survey (NSS) 2011, which is published today. Three University departments received 100% satisfaction levels with 17 other subject areas receiving a satisfaction rating of 90% or higher.

As prospective students consider their choice of preferred university for 2012, the quality of the student experience has never been more important in informing that decision. Overall student satisfaction levels at the University of Reading, according to NSS, has risen to 89% an increase of 1% on 2010 and ranks the University ahead of the majority of Russell Group and fellow 1994 Group universities for the quality of the student experience.

Professor Tony Downes, Acting Vice-Chancellor at the University, said: "Young people planning to enter higher education in 2012 will be thinking very hard about the quality of their potential choice of university and what constitutes the right university for them. At our University, we are proud that our staff strive to make sure that those who matter most, our students, consistently rank Reading as one of the top university experiences in the UK.

"The University of Reading is a research-intensive university and our students will, on many courses, benefit from being taught by research-active staff. We are constantly striving to improve the quality of the student experience and we are pleased that our students have, in particular, recognised the strength of our teaching (88% satisfaction), academic support (80%) and the levels of support we offer for personal development (83%), all of which are well above the sector average. We have also improved on our 2010 performance in nearly every institutional category."

The departments of Typography and Graphic Communication, Archaeology and Meteorology and the Classics programmes taught within the Department of Classics received 100% satisfaction ratings from their students, while History, Philosophy, institute of Education, Law, English, French, Politics, ICMA, Management, Real Estate & Planning, Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Food and Nutritional Sciences, Statistics, Mathematics and Clinical Language Sciences were rated with satisfaction levels of 90% or higher.

For more information and to see the full National Student results for 2011 please visit the University's Planning Support website >>>