BU leaps up 14 places in The Sunday Times league table
Posted on Monday, September 23 2013
Bournemouth University has leapt up 14 places in The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2014.
The report on 22 September highlighted the fact that BU is the first university to have been “commended” for the quality of student learning opportunities by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) – the highest award possible.
Professor John Vinney, Vice-Chancellor of Bournemouth University said: “I am very proud that BU has made such a big leap up The Sunday Times League table, especially coming so soon on the heels of the QAA commending the quality of our student learning opportunities.
“We are working hard at the University to provide inspirational teaching, world-class research and strong links with the professions to create forward thinking graduates with the skills and flexibility to succeed throughout their career – wherever it may take them. It is very satisfying to see this work being recognised and we look forward to further advances up the league tables.”
The feature also focused on the fact that every undergraduate honours degree student at BU is promised a work placement of typically 40 weeks and claimed that our degrees in public relations, retail management, scriptwriting and tax law were all ahead of their time.
The Queen’s Anniversary Prize for the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA) also was given a deserved mention.
BU was one of the top five universities in the UK to have gained the biggest leaps up in the league table as we moved to 67th.