Student Experience Survey 2018: best UK universities for student welfare

By seeta.bhardwa@…, 22 March, 2018

View the overall results of the 2018 Student Experience Survey

It's no secret that more and more students are coming forward and reporting feeling stressed and overwhelmed, sometimes leading to more severe mental health conditions. Due to this universities must provide high-quality mental health services to cater to the needs of the student body. 

Participants in the 2018 Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey were asked to provide a rating between “strongly agree” and “strongly disagree” on: 

  • Personal requirements catered for
  • Good welfare support

These responses were then combined to determine which universities provide the best welfare support. Loughborough University coming in second

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The best UK universities for student welfare 2018

Rank University name Student welfare score
1 Harper Adams University 83.4
2 Loughborough University 82.8
3 University of Chichester 80.6
4 University of St Andrews 80.5
5 University of Leeds 80.2
=6 University of Bath 80.1
=6 Falmouth University 80.1
=8 Royal Veterinary College 79.2
=8 Durham University 79.2
=10 University of Sheffield 79.0
=10 University of Surrey 79.0
12 University of Oxford 78.9
=13 University of Exeter 77.8
=13 Robert Gordon University 77.8
15 Swansea University 77.7
16 Teesside University 77.6
17 University of Worcester 77.4
=18 Edge Hill University 77.3
=18 Bangor University 77.3
20 Northumbria University 77.0
=21 University of Dundee 76.8
=21 Aberystwyth University 76.8
23 University of Nottingham 76.7
=24 Newcastle University 76.6
=24 Lancaster University 76.6
26 Cardiff University 76.5
=27 University of Manchester 76.4
=27 University of Derby 76.4
=29 University of Reading 76.2
=29 University of Birmingham 76.2
=29 Manchester Metropolitan University 76.2
32 University of Gloucestershire 76.1
=33 University of Lincoln 75.9
=33 University of Southampton 75.9
=33 Keele University 75.9
=33 University of Wales Trinity Saint David 75.9
=37 University of York 75.8
=37 University of Chester 75.8
=39 Queen's University Belfast 75.6
=39 Glasgow Caledonian University 75.6
=41 University of Cambridge 75.4
=41 Canterbury Christ Church University 75.4
43 York St John University 75.3
44 University of Strathclyde 75.0
=45 De Montfort University 74.9
=45 University of Hull 74.9
=47 University of Stirling 74.7
=47 Staffordshire University 74.7
=49 University of East Anglia (UEA) 74.6
=49 University of Essex 74.6
=51 Trent University 74.5
=51 University of Liverpool 74.5
=51 Heriot-Watt University 74.5
=51 King's College London 74.5
=55 Sheffield Hallam University 74.2
=55 Aston University 74.2
57 Bournemouth University 74.0
=58 University of Sussex 73.9
=58 St George's, University of London 73.9
=58 University of Sunderland 73.9
=61 Coventry University 73.8
=61 University of Leicester 73.8
=61 Birkbeck, University of London 73.8
=64 University of Winchester 73.4
=64 Imperial College London 73.4
66 University of Central Lancashire 73.3
67 University of Cumbria 73.2
=68 University of Warwick 73.1
=68 University of Bristol 73.1
=68 University of Portsmouth 73.1
=68 University of Salford 73.1
72 University of Huddersfield 73.0
73 Royal Holloway, University of London 72.9
74 Plymouth University 72.8
75 University of Hertfordshire 72.7
75 Southampton Solent University 72.7
77 University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) 72.5
=78 University of Glasgow 72.4
=78 Liverpool John Moores University 72.4
80 University of Kent 72.3
81 Ulster University 72.1
=82 University of Edinburgh 72.0
=82 University of Aberdeen 72.0
84 University of East London 71.8
=85 Bath Spa University 71.7
=85 Buckinghamshire New University 71.7
=87 Queen Mary University of London 71.5
=87 Birmingham City University 71.5
=89 Cardiff Metropolitan University 71.4
=89 Edinburgh Napier University 71.4
=89 University of South Wales 71.4
92 Brunel University London 71.3
93 University of Brighton 71.1
=94 University of Bradford 70.9
=94 Oxford Brookes University 70.9
96 University of the Arts London 70.8
97 University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) 70.7
=98 University of Roehampton 70.6
=98 Norwich University of the Arts 70.6
100 Goldsmiths, University of London 70.4
101 Kingston University 70.2
102 UCL 69.9
103 Anglia Ruskin University 69.8
104 University of West London 69.6
105 University of Northampton 69.4
106 London South Bank University 69.0
107 Leeds Beckett University 68.4
108 City, University of London 68.3
109 University of Wolverhampton 68.2
110 University of Westminster 67.2
111 University of Greenwich 67.1
=112 London Metropolitan University 66.9
=112 University of Bedfordshire 66.9
114 University of the West of Scotland 66.8
115 London School of Economics and Political Science 65.8
116 Middlesex University 65.2

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