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Our Teaching Awards
If you want to prove you're good at something, you need the facts to back it up. This is why we're proud to show the teaching awards we've been given, highlighting the fantastic work, skills and attributes of our staff.
These awards mean so much as they are highly competitive across the country, and in some cases, internationally too! Below you can find teaching-specific awards and what they mean for the University, as well as how we have been scored through student feedback on their courses.
"We all seem to agree that the staff make their subject interesting, and that their expertise is of superior quality!"
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We have received a Gold rating in the new Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)!
TEF assessed 134 higher education institutes on the quality of their teaching and looked at measures including student satisfaction, student retention rates and graduate employment levels.
Coventry University achieved the top accolade!
Out of all the UK Universities that took part in the TEF, just over 30% achieved Gold, meaning that Coventry scored higher than several Russell Group institutions.
Our TEF results
87%
Students overall satisfaction with the teaching at Coventry University NSS 2017
Of course, these awards would not mean as much if our students were not satisfied too. We're glad that the National Student Survey (NSS) gives students a voice and that they tell us how well we're doing.
As you can see by the statistics below, our students show a huge amount of satisfaction in the work that our staff do to educate and support them. However, we'll still be doing all we can to show improvements for next year's survey too.
Our NSS results
#12
Ranked No. 12 University in the United Kingdom (UK) The Guardian University Guide 2018
QS stars relate to an individual institution's performance, and success is measured against predetermined thresholds, not other institutions, making the awards extremely personal and comprehensive.
We scored 5/5 in 3 of the 4 main categories for assessment, which are:
For teaching, we scored 100% for both Overall Student Satisfaction and Satisfaction with Teaching, with both results being provided by student survey. A set of results which secured us our 5/5 star rating!
The university is placed in the 551-600 category in the QS table, which classifies universities based on measures such as academic reputation – including teaching and research quality – their global outlook, and how highly regarded the institution’s graduates are among employers.
Our QS Stars rating
90%
Of students are happy with the learning resources available at Coventry University NSS 2017
We achieved our highest ever placing in the Guardian University Guide this year, reaching 12th spot!
This position cements its status as the country’s top modern university.
Coventry University is ranked top in England for its teaching quality score, and is third in the UK for the percentage of final-year students satisfied with feedback and assessment by lecturers.
The university also ranks as number one in the UK for courses in film production and photography, and is in the country’s top two for its courses in the mechanical engineering and hospitality, event management and tourism categories.
Coventry is also in the UK’s top 10 for courses in economics (5th), sports science (8th), mathematics (8th), journalism (9th) and civil engineering (10th) – with a further ten subject area rankings featuring Coventry in the top 20 overall.
Our Guardian University Guide ranking
1st
UK's top new university 2018 The Complete University Guide 2018
We have reclaimed our title of Top New University in the Complete University Guide 2018 league tables.
Coventry University also made the top ten across five subject areas in the comparative tables, which rank 129 universities by measuring student satisfaction, research quality and graduate prospects.
Our Complete University Guide ranking