GRADUATING students have rated the University of Worcester highly in the latest National Student Survey (NSS).

A remarkable 86.2 per cent of Worcester final year students say they are satisfied overall.

Worcester is now in the top 25 per cent of all universities, at joint 35th out of 151, according to Times Higher Education.

Ten courses at Worcester received 100 per cent satisfaction.

The results put Worcester comfortably above the national average, which in contrast saw a small dip in student satisfaction to 83.5.

Significantly, 24 of Worcester’s courses earned a 90 per cent or above satisfied rating.

More than 320,000 students across the UK responded to the independent, official survey, which has run every year since 2005, and which asks them to rate a number of aspects of their course.

The University of Worcester scored well above the national average and improved across the board in the areas surveyed, which looked at satisfaction with teaching, learning opportunities, academic support, assessment and feedback, learning resources, student voice.