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University guide 2014: league table for media studies, communications and librarianship

Media studies, communications and librarianship
RatingName of institutionGuardian score /100Satisfied with course (%)Satisfied with teaching (%)Satisfied with feedback (%)Student:staff ratioSpend per student (FTE)Average entry tariffValue-added score /10Career after 6 mths
1 Newcastle 100 100 100 92 13.6 10 399 10 64
2 King's College London 95.2 92 97 86 10.4 8 439 9
3 Warwick 90.7 87 92 74 11.2 9 485 8
4 Southampton 89.2 96 97 86 7.6 9 429 8 52
5 Kent 82.7 88 92 73 12.2 10 383
6 Queen Mary 80.6 90 94 72 13.7 10 397 6 64
7 Sheffield 76 87 87 77 23.9 7 400 8 76
8 Birmingham 75.9 86 94 75 22.1 10 7 61
9 Leicester 75.7 96 92 81 18.7 8 394 7
10 Exeter 75.6 88 97 81 21 6 463 4
11 Birmingham City 74.9 86 87 74 20.8 9 335 9 63
12 Loughborough 73 81 85 78 12 5 379 7 66
13 Royal Holloway 71.8 86 88 76 15 8 391 7 49
14 Cardiff 69.2 87 92 66 19.3 8 406 7 51
15 Lancaster 68.6 96 91 80 10.6 5 366 2
16 Coventry 68.5 87 88 75 18.9 5 285 9 70
17 Leeds 66.4 70 82 70 20.9 8 401 7 62
18 Lincoln 66.2 85 81 68 17.1 5 331 8 68
19 UEA 65.9 93 91 63 17 6 434 5 48
20 Arts University Bournemouth 65.6 88 89 77 22.8 5 322 4 65
21 Queen's, Belfast 65.4 77 90 63 15.2 9 354 6
22 Sussex 64.7 87 88 63 20.3 8 391 6 48
23 Anglia Ruskin 64.1 84 88 77 15.4 10 237 5 44
24 Goldsmiths 63.6 78 85 61 4 405 9 66
25 Westminster 63.2 76 81 65 20.5 7 365 9 47
26 City 62.8 71 70 41 16.5 10 448 7
27 Oxford Brookes 61.4 85 91 81 5 331 7
28 Bath Spa 59.4 85 89 81 20.7 2 317 9 40
29 Aberystwyth 58.6 21 7 294 4
30 Keele 58.5 88 92 75 28.8 4 342 8
30 York St John 58.5 94 96 84 16.6 4 274 5 35
32 UWE Bristol 58.2 84 89 72 20.9 4 327 8 46
33 Gloucestershire 58.1 69 78 65 19.1 5 295 9 51
34 Bournemouth 57.7 67 75 56 26.1 8 384 7 60
35 Surrey 57.6 77 83 73 15.8 4 388 1
36 Stirling 57 74 85 73 24 4 405 7 42
37 Robert Gordon 56.3 85 87 71 29.6 4 343 7 58
38 Winchester 56.2 89 90 71 18.4 2 311 8 41
39 Edinburgh Napier 56 67 77 59 32.5 4 353 10 68
40 Liverpool John Moores 55.6 73 77 68 16.2 7 316 6 41
41 Hertfordshire 55 92 74 66 16.6 3 308 9 41
42 Teesside 54.9 83 89 76 28.8 5 271 9 36
43 Central Lancashire 54.6 80 81 67 22.2 6 296 5 56
43 Nottingham Trent 54.6 85 80 72 21.6 5 337 5 46
43 Sheffield Hallam 54.6 81 80 71 21.3 6 302 8 38
43 Sunderland 54.6 79 86 72 17 6 286 6 35
47 University of the Arts London 54.5 52 69 60 24.6 9 300 8 54
48 Kingston 54.1 85 85 72 22.3 3 318 4 53
49 Hull 53.5 77 88 77 19.6 3 312 3
50 Leeds Met 51.6 90 91 81 35.7 3 277 7 58
51 Bangor 51 69 83 68 16.9 5 301 2 48
52 Falmouth 50.9 65 75 64 22.6 8 284 3 54
53 Portsmouth 50.8 85 87 69 23 7 295 4 38
54 Bradford 50.6 78 79 72 28.8 9 287 3
55 Northumbria 50.4 74 81 78 30.5 6 324 7 38
56 De Montfort 50.2 79 80 66 12.6 4 294 4 41
57 Southampton Solent 50 78 82 66 16.1 4 307 4 37
58 Ulster 49.6 85 81 71 20 4 286 4 40
58 West London 49.6 63 70 58 17.5 10 227 3 48
60 Canterbury Christ Church 49.5 76 87 73 22.7 3 276 6 41
61 Manchester Met 49.1 72 84 74 19.1 4 309 5 32
62 Roehampton 49 69 80 70 14.1 3 295 4 40
63 Huddersfield 48.8 70 77 79 22.4 4 302 2 61
64 Chester 48.3 68 79 68 14.9 5 275 2 53
65 Brunel 48.2 72 81 67 25.6 6 334 4 41
66 Northampton 46.5 89 84 71 25 6 281 3 38
66 Queen Margaret 46.5 84 83 62 25.6 3 346 3 49
68 Bedfordshire 46.4 68 76 68 22.5 7 206 9 35
69 Cumbria 46.3 92 86 82 2 220 4
70 Brighton 44.9 88 85 73 30.9 3 310 2 54
71 Staffordshire 43.5 81 83 69 24 3 267 3 40
72 Salford 42.3 64 69 52 15.9 4 332 3 41
73 St Mark and St John 42 78 80 77 29.3 2 230 6
74 Edge Hill 41.8 74 78 66 16.2 3 297 2 32
74 Ravensbourne 41.8 67 77 65 34 3 258 7 56
76 Middlesex 41.5 61 72 68 23.7 7 262 2 49
77 Chichester 41.4 87 92 80 32.9 2 263 5 24
78 Trinity Saint David 41.2 65 79 58 17.1 2 7
79 Worcester 39.1 84 85 72 33.3 3 268 4 35
80 Leeds Trinity 39 82 85 72 21.7 2 275 1 43
81 East London 37.1 66 71 55 20.9 3 231 6 35
82 Greenwich 36.8 75 77 67 37 5 286 5 30
82 St Mary's UC, Twickenham 36.8 79 84 63 35.3 3 299 4
84 Glynd_r 36.3 67 74 76 30.6 3 203
85 University for the Creative Arts 36.2 37.4 4 274 4
86 London Met 35.9 80 78 59 25.5 3 222 4 40
87 Bucks New University 35.6 69 71 63 25.5 4 251 2 44
88 Derby 34.5 57 67 62 22.8 6 267 6 23
89 West of Scotland 29.8 75 76 56 23.8 4 286 1 34
90 London South Bank 27.8 79 78 73 44.6 3 255 26

Note: Other providers that deliver courses in this subject area, but for whom there is insufficient data to calculate a ranking position, include Bolton, Cardiff Met, Glasgow Caledonian, Essex, Liverpool, SOAS, Nottingham, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Dundee, St Andrews, Swansea, UC Suffolk, Manchester and Leeds College of Art

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