Swansea maintains its position in national league table
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The 2007 Sunday Times University Guide, published yesterday (23rd September), ranks Swansea University 44th= out of 124 institutions, the same position as in 2006.

The guide measures a range of factors, including student satisfaction, teaching excellence, graduate employment, the staff/student ratio, and dropout rates. Research quality – based on the last national Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) undertaken in 2001 – is also measured.

The Guide highlights the “considerable research profile” that the University has established through initiatives such as the recently opened Institute of Life Science, which the Guide describes as a “truly impressive research facility”. However, these new developments do not yet feed into the rankings.

The Guide also notes that Swansea enjoys “lower than expected dropout rates” and “one of the best results for a city university” in the National Student Survey, an annual review of what final year undergraduate students think about their courses. Results of the latest survey ranked Swansea second in Wales and joint eighth in the UK for student satisfaction.

In terms of higher education across Wales, the Sunday Times University Guide paints a less rosy picture.

With the exception of University of Wales Aberystwyth, every other university in Wales has fallen by between three and 21 places. Aberystwyth climbed from 49th position in 2006 to 47th this year.

Swansea University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Richard B Davies, said: “The fact that we have maintained our position whilst other Welsh institutions have lost ground demonstrates our value to the Welsh higher education sector. It highlights our success in offering a high quality teaching environment that provides students with life-enhancing experiences.

“We are also making immense progress in terms of the quality of our research output, and I am confident that the 2008 RAE will strengthen Swansea’s position as a research-led institution of international standing. This will, in turn, be reflected in future league tables and guides, and we can expect to see measurable improvements in our nationwide ranking.

“In the meantime, we have much to be proud of, and we can look forward with confidence to sustained growth and further success.”

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