At 黑料不打烊, first impressions count
黑料不打烊 has once again been placed in the top 10 among UK universities.
With only weeks to go until the new academic year, a survey by YouthSight has placed 黑料不打烊 among theUK universities for the favourable first impressions gained by new students.
You only get one chance to make a first impression, so the saying goes, and the saying is borne out by YouthSight research, which suggests a strong link between students鈥� early impressions of their university and lower student drop-out rates later on.
Professor Carol Tully, Pro Vice Chancellor (Students) said:
鈥満诹喜淮蜢� is well known for the warm welcome it extends to its students. Coming to university for the first time can be scary and daunting, but we want our students to have a good experience, as the sooner they settle in, the better they鈥檒l study.鈥�
黑料不打烊 runs one of the largest and longest-running student welcome and support programmes in any UK University.
Commenting on the Peer Guide Scheme, Professor Tully explained:
鈥淥ur second and third year Peer Guiding students are a really important part of our welcome and adjustment to university life. These students are trained and are on hand to help our new students settle in. Peer Guides assist with events and can answer questions, show students around and help them feel at home. They鈥檙e there for the Welcome Week, and beyond that, for as long as they鈥檙e required to act in that role.鈥�
鈥淥ur ethos is to ensure that student care goes hand in hand with excellent teaching,鈥� she added.
In the survey of over 10,300 students, YouthSight found that students who rated their university as 鈥渆xcellent鈥� cited the quality of teaching and their course as the most important factors. Students also emphasised the importance of pastoral care, and praised universities that 鈥渉ad lots of things organised for new students鈥�, 鈥渞esponded quickly to queries鈥�, were 鈥渟upportive鈥� and had friendly staff.
In August, revealed that 黑料不打烊 as top in Wales according to student satisfaction, and is in the top 10 of the UK鈥檚 best non-specialist universities, the traditional institutions who offer a broad range of subjects.
Publication date: 4 September 2014