Students vote Bucks New Uni among best in country (From Bucks Free Press)
Send your news, photos and videos by texting bucksfreepress to 80360 or email
Students vote Bucks New Uni among best in country
9:10am Thursday 9th July 2009 in
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE New University has been named as one of the best in the country for courses and lecturers by students who cast their votes online.
The university was ranked in the top slots alongside St Andrews, Oxford, and Durham on the 'Hotcourses' website www.whatuni.com The recognition was based entirely on reviews posted by students and graduates.
The website is designed to help future undergraduate students make informed decisions about which university to attend.
The recently established site has registered over 3,000 reviews in its first five months.
In commemoration of the award, Vice Chancellor of Bucks New University received an official certificate signed by Baroness Estelle Morris of Yardley, Pro Vice-Chancellor of University of Sunderland and Advisory Board Member.
Dr Farwell said: "Our primary aim is put students first so it is fantastic for us to be recognised by our students for the quality of our courses and lecturers."
Baroness Estelle Morris said: "I think these awards are a highly welcome and important addition to information channels available to prospective students."
Mike Elms, founder of Hotcourses added: "In the end the opinions expressed in these reviews are what matter most, as they are the views of the students and so, many congratulations to all the universities that have done well."
A recent Hotcourses survey discovered sixth form students rated the importance of current university students’ knowledge and experience above that of their peers.
Comments(14)
Sarah R Smith
says...
10:41am Thu 9 Jul 09
demoness
says...
11:01am Thu 9 Jul 09
Bucks New Uni doesn't have the highest entrance criteria in the country - also they apear to welcome convicted criminals as well...
So not really surprising.
On the other hand they do good vocational courses so I suppose it is swings and roundabouts..
yog
says...
12:04pm Thu 9 Jul 09
towncryer
says...
2:01pm Thu 9 Jul 09
yog wrote:Shame WDC hasnt seen benefit in partnering with Uni like some othe Towns have done
Good, hopefully our university can go from strength to strength.
WDC could learn a lot from the initiatives the Uni are introducing to help local community and businesses
Unfortunatelly WDC dont like spending Money on improving the quality of life of local residents of the Town !
DeepThinker
says...
3:10pm Thu 9 Jul 09
Look at the headline:
"Students vote Bucks New Uni vote among best in county"
How many Unis are there in the COUNTY!
No wonder the hack never put his/her name to the article.
How long will it take them to correct it?
Geeza
says...
3:58pm Thu 9 Jul 09
yog
says...
4:32pm Thu 9 Jul 09
towncryer wrote:No keep WDC away from the university. The university is doing fine without them.
yog wrote:Shame WDC hasnt seen benefit in partnering with Uni like some othe Towns have done
Good, hopefully our university can go from strength to strength.
WDC could learn a lot from the initiatives the Uni are introducing to help local community and businesses
Unfortunatelly WDC dont like spending Money on improving the quality of life of local residents of the Town !
Blueberry
says...
6:23pm Thu 9 Jul 09
But you can't infer much else from a survey which is entirely self-selecting. I expect BNU staff and/or students had a campaign to encourage voting, while unis more sure of their reputation didn't bother. Nothing wrong with that, but it's not a useful measure of how satisfied BNU students are compared with, for example, Durham students, let alone which is "better".
cjbalways
says...
9:49pm Thu 9 Jul 09
breezy_sl
says...
10:50pm Thu 9 Jul 09
cjbalways wrote:Shouldn't that be "their job"?
BNU is a great UNI, I should know I got a First Class honours degree there last year, so I think the lecturers are pretty good at there job!
demoness
says...
6:55am Fri 10 Jul 09
cjbalways wrote:Good for you.
BNU is a great UNI, I should know I got a First Class honours degree there last year, so I think the lecturers are pretty good at there job!
May I ask in what and have you got a job that reflects it?
demoness
says...
6:57am Fri 10 Jul 09
cjbalways wrote:Wasn't English, was it?
BNU is a great UNI, I should know I got a First Class honours degree there last year, so I think the lecturers are pretty good at there job!
Kadoogan
says...
11:15am Fri 10 Jul 09
Such a shame that some people have nothing better to do than slag off the place for daring to improve itself. If we left things to them we'd still be in the dark ages.
More News stories
- Three injured in M40 collision
- Woman rescued from Wycombe flat fire
- County Hall defends handing over heritage sites to save £150k
- Disbelief at cemetery arson
- Reader Offer: Save the Last Dance for your Valentine
- Muslims celebrate birth of Mohammed in Wycombe tomorrow
- Cars crash on M40 this morning
- United councils spend £400k fighting High Speed 2
- Driver cut out of car after Marlow Road crash
- MP tells Cameron about BFP hospital survey
Most popular
Local Information
Enter your postcode, town or place name
Geeza says...
10:40am Thu 9 Jul 09