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A celebration of public engagement and enterprise - Thursday 23 May
QM’s Centre for Public Engagement is celebrating the outstanding work of students, staff and our partners in engaging with and working with the public in a range of projects and activities at a special event on Thursday 23 May. There are also three awards up for grabs – best public engagement activity, best public engagement resource and best enterprise activity. All students are welcome to attend the awards ceremony and reception in the foyer of ArtsTwo, at the Mile End Campus, from 5.30pm. Find out more.
QM climbs QS World Rankings
A highly-regarded global analysis of almost 3,000 universities ranks 19 subjects taught at Queen Mary as among the world’s best. The third edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject evaluated over 8,000 programmes from thousands of universities before ranking 678 institutions in total. Several subjects at Queen Mary – English, History, Linguistics, Geography, Law and Film – were positioned among the global Top 50-100. Find out more.
QM named best in London for student experience
QM has been named as the best university in London for student experience, according to the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2013, published on Thursday 25 April. QM, which rose from 50th place to 37th this year, was ranked ahead of all of our London competitors, including Russell Group universities such as Imperial, UCL and King’s College London. Find out more.
Your QM exam survival guide - get the support you need
Revising for and taking exams can be a testing time. That's why we have produced an exam survival guide full of tips, advice, and essential information to help you through. Find out more.
Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey
If you are postgraduate taught student you will have been contacted by Queen Mary to ask you to consider responding to the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES). You will have received an email from Queen Mary which contains your unique link to complete the survey, so check your QM email for the link. Find out more.
QM top for student satisfaction in London’s research-led institutions
Student satisfaction at Queen Mary is the highest amongst London’s Russell Group universities and two percentage points above the national average, according to an independent nationwide survey of final year students.
Between January and April of every year, the National Student Survey (NSS) questions final year UK undergraduates on various aspects of their student experience, including their overall satisfaction. Among the leading research universities in London, Queen Mary’s students are the most satisfied for the second year in a row, ahead of their Russell Group counterparts.
QM will now use the detailed feedback from the survey to enhance the learning experience for our current students, while prospective students will use the information from the national NSS results to help choose which institution they should join in September 2013.
Top results from QM students:
- 87 per cent are satisfied with the course quality, which is above national average.
- 69 per cent are satisfied with the Students’ Union, which is above national average.
- Student satisfaction at QM is top in London for the second year running, compared with other leading research-led universities.
- 1,804 students at QM completed the survey.
More: Look on Connect to find out more about the results and the survey.