Best UK universities for assessment and feedback (NSS)

NSS Assessment & Feedback positivity — how clearly students rate the marking and feedback they receive.

100 UK universities ranked · minimum 10 courses per university to qualify · source: Office for Students National Student Survey

Rank	University	NSS Assessment positivity	Sample
TEF G · #1	University of Wales Trinity Saint David Carmarthen	89.5%	25 courses
TEF G · #2	Birmingham Newman University Birmingham	89.0%	15 courses
TEF G · #3	University of Greater Manchester Bolton	88.6%	18 courses
TEF G · #4	University of East London Newham	88.5%	41 courses
TEF G · #5	Teesside University Tees Valley	88.1%	43 courses
TEF G · #6	University of West London Ealing	87.5%	27 courses
TEF G · #7	University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Inverness	87.4%	12 courses
TEF G · #8	Liverpool Hope University Liverpool	87.3%	147 courses
TEF G · #9	University College Birmingham Birmingham	87.1%	12 courses
TEF G · #10	University of Sunderland Sunderland	87.0%	25 courses
TEF S · #11	University of the West of Scotland Paisley	87.0%	17 courses
TEF S · #12	Aberystwyth University Wales	86.5%	54 courses
TEF S · #13	University of Chichester Chichester	86.3%	32 courses
TEF S · #14	University of Derby Derby	86.0%	57 courses
TEF S · #15	University of Bedfordshire Luton	85.8%	46 courses
TEF S · #16	Southampton, Solent University Southampton	85.7%	22 courses
TEF S · #17	University of Hull Hull	85.5%	34 courses
TEF S · #18	University of Surrey Guildford	85.2%	43 courses
TEF S · #19	Leeds Trinity University Leeds	85.0%	12 courses
TEF S · #20	Nottingham Trent University Nottingham	84.9%	63 courses
TEF S · #21	Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe	84.8%	37 courses
TEF S · #22	York St John University York	84.8%	45 courses
TEF S · #23	Swansea University Swansea	84.7%	77 courses
TEF S · #24	Edge Hill University Ormskirk	84.5%	26 courses
TEF S · #25	Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester	84.5%	69 courses
TEF S · #26	University of Leicester Leicester	84.5%	39 courses
TEF S · #27	University of South Wales Pontypridd	84.3%	24 courses
TEF S · #28	Ulster University Coleraine	84.2%	53 courses
TEF S · #29	Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow	84.1%	24 courses
TEF S · #30	University of Strathclyde Glasgow	83.8%	124 courses
TEF S · #31	Birmingham City University Birmingham	83.8%	73 courses
TEF S · #32	Robert Gordon University Aberdeen	83.5%	25 courses
TEF S · #33	University of Worcester Worcester	83.4%	50 courses
TEF S · #34	University of Essex Colchester	83.4%	162 courses
TEF S · #35	University of Roehampton Wandsworth	83.4%	18 courses
TEF S · #36	London South Bank University Southwark	83.3%	34 courses
TEF S · #37	Coventry University Coventry	83.3%	53 courses
TEF S · #38	Leeds Beckett University Leeds	83.2%	44 courses
TEF S · #39	University of Central Lancashire Preston	83.1%	77 courses
TEF S · #40	Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool	83.1%	58 courses
TEF S · #41	University of Greenwich Greenwich	82.9%	46 courses
TEF S · #42	University of Salford Salford	82.7%	60 courses
TEF S · #43	Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh	82.7%	26 courses
TEF S · #44	Keele University Keele	82.7%	71 courses
TEF S · #45	Bath Spa University Bath	82.7%	65 courses
TEF S · #46	University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham	82.6%	25 courses
TEF S · #47	University of Westminster, London London	82.6%	65 courses
TEF S · #48	Hartpury University Gloucester	82.6%	17 courses
TEF S · #49	University of Aberdeen Aberdeen	82.6%	106 courses
TEF S · #50	St Mary's University, Twickenham Twickenham	82.4%	14 courses
TEF B · #51	Bangor University Bangor (Wales)	82.3%	54 courses
TEF B · #52	University of Sheffield Sheffield	82.3%	48 courses
TEF B · #53	University of Liverpool Liverpool	82.2%	83 courses
TEF B · #54	Oxford Brookes University Oxford	82.2%	53 courses
TEF B · #55	Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge	82.1%	65 courses
TEF B · #56	Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury	82.1%	16 courses
TEF B · #57	University of Hertfordshire Hatfield	82.0%	35 courses
TEF B · #58	University of Dundee Dundee	82.0%	73 courses
TEF B · #59	University of Plymouth Plymouth	82.0%	43 courses
TEF B · #60	Northumbria University, Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne	81.9%	29 courses
TEF B · #61	Aston University, Birmingham Birmingham	81.9%	14 courses
TEF B · #62	Kingston University Kingston upon Thames	81.9%	35 courses
TEF B · #63	University of Northampton Northampton	81.6%	39 courses
TEF B · #64	De Montfort University Leicester	81.4%	37 courses
TEF B · #65	Queen's University Belfast Belfast	81.3%	66 courses
TEF B · #66	University of Huddersfield Huddersfield	81.3%	36 courses
TEF B · #67	University of Lincoln Lincoln	81.2%	48 courses
TEF B · #68	Lancaster University Lancaster	80.9%	85 courses
TEF B · #69	University of Bradford Bradford	80.7%	19 courses
TEF B · #70	University of Southampton Southampton	80.6%	103 courses
TEF B · #71	Brunel University of London Uxbridge	80.5%	43 courses
TEF B · #72	University of Reading Reading	80.5%	92 courses
TEF B · #73	Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff	80.5%	31 courses
TEF B · #74	Leeds Arts University Leeds	80.3%	11 courses
TEF B · #75	Loughborough University Loughborough	80.2%	46 courses
TEF B · #76	Durham University Durham	80.2%	42 courses
TEF B · #77	The University of Law London	80.2%	18 courses
TEF B · #78	University of East Anglia UEA Norwich	79.9%	87 courses
TEF B · #79	City (City St George's, University of London) City of London	79.9%	30 courses
TEF B · #80	London Metropolitan University City of London	79.8%	20 courses
TEF B · #81	University of Birmingham Birmingham	79.8%	78 courses
TEF B · #82	University of Sussex Brighton	79.8%	59 courses
TEF B · #83	University of Stirling Stirling	79.5%	82 courses
TEF B · #84	University of Winchester Hampshire	79.5%	31 courses
TEF B · #85	Cardiff University Cardiff	79.5%	45 courses
TEF B · #86	University for the Creative Arts Farnham	79.2%	35 courses
TEF B · #87	Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield	79.1%	48 courses
TEF B · #88	University of Chester Chester	79.0%	19 courses
TEF B · #89	University of Staffordshire Stoke on Trent	79.0%	20 courses
TEF B · #90	University of Bath Bath	78.8%	39 courses
TEF B · #91	Arts University Bournemouth Poole	78.7%	15 courses
TEF B · #92	Royal Holloway, University of London Egham	78.6%	60 courses
TEF B · #93	Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh	78.5%	26 courses
TEF B · #94	Queen Mary University of London London	78.3%	52 courses
TEF B · #95	University of Nottingham Nottingham	78.1%	65 courses
TEF B · #96	University of Warwick Coventry	77.7%	85 courses
TEF B · #97	SOAS University of London Camden	77.6%	75 courses
TEF B · #98	Imperial College London Kensington and Chelsea	77.5%	40 courses
TEF B · #99	Norwich University of the Arts Norwich	77.4%	36 courses
TEF B · #100	University of Kent Canterbury	77.2%	43 courses

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