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The 2024 National Student Survey (NSS), undertaken by final-year UK students, has been published today (10 July) and Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) has once again retained its proud position in the UK’s top 20 universities. 

Averaged across all questions for full time, first degrees, BNU is 19^th in the UK for student positivity amongst students taught at BNU. BNU also impressively comes 1^st in the UK for the positivity of registered students which includes all our students. For taught students, BNU ranks 6^th in the UK for positivity about assessment and feedback; 12^th for learning opportunities; and 27^th for questions relating to teaching. 

Bucks Students’ Union continues its eight-year streak in the top 5, ranking 2^nd in the UK amongst full time taught students, and 1^st in the UK based on responses from registered students. 

At subject level, many BNU courses have performed well for overall student positivity, averaged across all questions, including: 

Dance – 1^st  

Education – 1^st  

Business Studies – 3^rd  

Marketing – 3^rd  

Social work – 5^th  

Counselling – 5^th  

Midwifery – 3^rd  

Child nursing – 6^th  

Adult nursing – 7^th 

Mental health nursing – 7^th 

Computer science – 8^th 

For taught students, BNU also performed strongly in the newest NSS question added in 2023 about the strength of communication around mental wellbeing services (BNU: 87.6% vs 80% sector benchmark). 

For all students registered with BNU, the University performed above sector benchmark across all seven question themes:   

Teaching on my course: 91.6% vs 88.4% benchmark 

Learning opportunities: 91.1% vs 87.5% benchmark  

Assessment and Feedback: 89.4% vs 85.2% benchmark  

Academic Support: 90.1% vs 87.2% benchmark  

Organisation and management: 83.2% vs 79.8% benchmark  

Learning resources: 89.4% vs 88.5% benchmark 

Student voice: 85.4% vs 80.7% benchmark 

Professor Nick Braisby, Vice-Chancellor of BNU said: “The University’s strong NSS results are testament to the dedication and tireless efforts of University staff and Bucks Students’ Union to deliver the best student experience. We are delighted that BNU is now the number one ranked University in the UK for the positivity of our registered students and 19^th based on the responses of our core students taught at BNU’s campuses. We are also proud that our taught students ranked BNU as 6^th best in the UK for assessment and feedback, and 12^th for the learning opportunities we provide. The University works in partnership with Bucks Students’ Union and we are delighted to see them retain their top-five position for the eighth consecutive year.”