Issue 16 Autumn 2012 - Brunel University

NSS 2012:
Brunel Students’ Union
voted best in London
Brunel has maintained a good performance in this year’s National Student
Survey, with outstanding success for the Union of Brunel Students (UBS)
whose members are the most satisfied in London and the fifth most
satisfied in the UK with their Union’s work.
As an institution the University has sustained the remarkable performance
achieved last year. The percentage of students satisfied with their
experience at Brunel has improved in five out of the seven categories
surveyed, and we achieved an overall student satisfaction rate of 86%. In
this category and in five others Brunel is ahead of the sector average, and
overall we remain in the same band of institutions as last year.
Students’ satisfaction with their Union was a new theme for 2012, and
Brunel students’ responses mean that UBS is ranked 5 th in the country, and
top in London.
The outstanding result rewards an exciting year at UBS. The Union was
one of only 14 in the country to achieve a Gold award for the quality of its
Olympic-related student activities, and one of only 16 to receive funding to
run Student-Led Teaching Awards.
UBS President Promise Phillips said: “We are delighted with the NSS results
for 2012 both for the University and for UBS, which demonstrate the value
our members place on the quality of services we provide. We work very
hard every year with the University to ensure that our members receive
the best environment for studying, the highest levels of academic and
pastoral support, and a student experience that rivals any in the country.
We are delighted to be in the company of other prestigious Unions and
are proud to have achieved this result on a significantly lower budget.”
Further survey highlights for the University include a second successive
year ranked 13 th in the country for students’ satisfaction with learning
resources, and a 10-place climb to 30 th for satisfaction with the University’s
organisation and management.
At the time of going to press, subject specific rankings were not available:
check the web at www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events for full details
of the NSS 2012 results.
The NSS is a national survey including all institutions and all subject areas,
in which students report on their experiences at university. All final year
undergraduate students (Home/EU and international) are eligible to
participate.
LATesT NeWs :: eXPRess MAGAZINe
Brunel earns
significant
improvements
across the university
league tables
The University has been delighted
to record dramatic improvements
across all the major UK university
rankings published in the last year,
with significant jumps in a number
of individual subject areas.
The Good University Guide
(published in The Times)
An improvement of 77 places for
student satisfaction elevates Brunel
to 17th in the UK, and the University
rises 8 places overall to 43rd . Art and
Design is 6th out of 79 institutions
and Sports Science is 17th out of 78.
The Guardian
University Guide
Brunel is the biggest climber of any
University, jumping from 82nd to 44th place and with 19 of the 22 subject
areas ranked higher than in 2011.
Social Work programmes are ranked
1st out of 77, Art and Design is 2nd out of 81, and Brunel is in the upper
quartile for History and History
of Art, Anatomy and Physiology,
Sports Science, Music and English.
The Complete
University Guide
Brunel is 41st overall, up nine places
since 2011 in the biggest positive
rank move of all last year’s top 50
universities. Art and Design is ranked
5th out of 78 and Sports Science is 10th out of 76. There are also significant
rank improvements in Nursing, Social
Work, Business Studies and Drama.
The Sunday Times
University Guide
Published in September 2011, the
latest Sunday Times ranking sees
Brunel climb 10 places to 39th . Art
and Design is ranked 2nd out of 73,
while History and Archaeology,
Biology and Business are also in
the upper quartile. There are
significant improvements for
Management (up 50), Media Studies
(up 45), Sociology, Social Policy
and Anthropology (up 25), Biology
(up 20) and Business (up 20).
Time Higher Education
Top 100 Under 50
Brunel is ranked top in London, 6th in the UK and 35th in the world in
the first world ranking of the top
100 universities founded in the last
50 years. The University is 6th in
the world, 3rd in Europe and 2nd in
the UK for international outlook.
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