Student Experience and Teaching Quality
Rated highly by students
Newcastle University was rated as one of the top institutions in the country in the 2012 National Student Survey with the results placing us tenth in the UK among our peer group.
Newcastle has been ranked in the top 20 in the Times Higher Education’s Student Experience Survey in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Overall satisfaction levels for students on pathway programmes at our INTO centre are 94%. This is the highest level at any of INTO's eight centres in the UK and reflects students' satisfaction with both their living and academic experience, and the support services provided by the centre.
UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)
The UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) has commended our management of academic standards and quality of learning by giving us a 'judgement of confidence' – the highest rating available.
We were particularly praised for our work to improve the employability of our students and the excellence of our research-based teaching. Detailed reports are available on the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).
The next QAA review will be in 2015.
National Teaching Fellowships
The quality of our teaching has been reflected by the award no fewer than nine National Teaching Fellowships to our academic staff since the scheme was launched in 2000. The awards recognise and reward individual excellence in teaching in higher education in England and Northern Ireland.
Award-winning library service
Our University library is the only one in the UK to have been awarded five Charter Marks, in addition to the new customer services Excellence standard. The Library was also named Outstanding Library Team in the 2011 THE Leadership and Management Awards for work to develop the e-book collection.
European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) badge for Newcastle University Business School
Newcastle University Business School is one of an elite group of only 128 schools worldwide who have attained the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) badge conferred by the European Foundation for Management Development.
Sporting excellence
We have a well-deserved reputation for sporting excellence, having finished in the top 15 out of 146 universities in the British Universities and Colleges Sports (BUCS) table for the past five years.
Newcastle: best university city
Newcastle was ranked as best university city in Britain by MSN Travel website in 2008, 2009 and 2010.