Top 5 in the UK and Best in Wales for student satisfaction
ABERYSTWYTH University students are among the most satisfied in the whole of the UK, according to the annual National Student Survey (NSS) published on Wednesday, August 9, 2017.
Aberystwyth is rated the best in Wales and one of the top-five higher education institutions in the UK for overall student satisfaction.
The latest NSS results show that overall satisfaction among students at Aberystwyth University stands at 91% – seven percentage points higher than the average UK figure of 84%.
Professor Elizabeth Treasure, vice-chancellor at Aberystwyth University, said: “The latest NSS results speak volumes about Aber’s talented and hard-working community of staff and students.
“We are an innovative university which seeks to inspire through its teaching and transform the lives of our students. We do that within an environment which is inclusive and supportive, and which enables our students to engage with the wider world and embrace its challenges.
“As we celebrate these NSS results, we do not rest on our laurels and will use this valuable feedback to build further on these firm foundations of success.”
For the second year running, the department of Welsh and Celtic studies has an overall student satisfaction rate of 100% and is rated top in the UK for the subject of Celtic studies.
Other departments with scores of 90% or more for overall student satisfaction include education (98%), Art (97%), English and creative writing (97%), psychology (96%), international politics (95%), modern languages (93%), history and Welsh history (92%), IBERS (91%), physics (91%), geography and earth sciences (90%) and the School of Law (90%).
Among the subjects which feature in the top 10 across the UK for overall student satisfaction are animal science, education, English, fine art, genetics, international politics, microbiology, molecular biology, psychology and zoology.
Aberystwyth University has also recorded outstanding results across a range of subjects including 100% overall student satisfaction for a range of subject areas including Celtic studies, microbiology, molecular biology and zoology.
There were top marks too in the subject areas for artificial intelligence and robotics and space science and robotics students in the department of computer science and criminology students in the department of Law.
Aberystwyth University’s rankings are based on the overall satisfaction question and use the list of higher education institutes from The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018.
The NSS figures follow closely on the heels of the latest employability figures for UK universities, which showed that 95% of graduates were in work or further study six months after leaving Aberystwyth University (HESA 2017).
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