Source: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/sheffield-number-one-the-student-satisfaction-1.374022
As one of SBC’s core partner universities, the University of Sheffield is the number one university in the UK for student satisfaction in this year’s Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey.
More than 14,000 students from universities across the country took part in the survey which highlights the institutions that shine in the way they cater for student’s needs. This year the University of Sheffield rose two places beating the University of Bath and the University of East Anglia to the top spot – while the universities of Oxford and Cambridge ranked fourth and sixth place respectively.
In addition to being voted number one overall the University was judged top in a number of attributions which are key individual measures of student experience including: ‘high quality facilities’, ‘good social life’, ‘good accommodation’ and ‘good Students’ Union’.
Students also scored the University highly in the ‘student support’, ‘well-structured courses’ and ‘library services’ categories which demonstrates Sheffield’s progression in a variety of areas over the past year.
These results reaffirm the University of Sheffield as a unique place to study and a global leader in research and teaching, as well as an institution giving students an unrivalled rich experience in a city unlike any other in the UK.
Professor Sir Keith Burnett, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, said: "We are delighted and humbled that our students have voted us number one for student experience in the UK. "
"It is wonderful to know that our students feel that care and believe that it is making a difference. That is a partnership we will never take for granted – I would like to thank all those students who voted for this tremendous encouragement.”
In 2011 the University of Sheffield was named University of the Year in the Times Higher Education Awards and in the last decade has won four Queen’s Anniversary Prizes in recognition of the outstanding contribution to the United Kingdom’s intellectual, economic, cultural and social life.
Sheffield has five Nobel Prize winners among former staff and students. Global research partners and clients include Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Unilever, AstraZeneca, Glaxo SmithKline and Siemens, as well as many UK and overseas government agencies and charitable foundations.
In August 2010, the Chinese Ministry of Education gave approval to the University of Sheffield to deliver their Business Management degree at the Sino-British College. Upon completion of the degree, the SBC students will be awarded a BA in Business Management from the University of Sheffield.
And the launch of the new Business Management degree in Shanghai in December 2010, with presence of Professor Keith Burnett (now Sir), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, has been seen as a milestone in the partnership between Sheffield and SBC/USST for higher educational cooperation.
As a Sheffield graduate and former Vice President of Sheffield, Professor Ian Gow OBE, Principal of SBC is absolutely delighted about the wonderful news. "Sheffield is known for its high quality of teaching and cutting-edge research in a wide range of fields. We are really privileged to be able to work closely with the University and have its full support in degree teaching and hope to build successful research linkages as well."
Warmest congratulations to the University of Sheffield.
