Student Experience Survey 2017: best UK universities for student welfare

The best universities in the UK for student welfare – as decided by current students – have been revealed

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March 23 2017

View the overall results of the 2017 Student Experience Survey

More and more students are coming forward and opening up about feelings of stress and anxiety. In fact, research has found that one in eight university students experiences a mental health condition – so it is important that universities provide the support that students need during their time there.

Participants in the 2017 Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey were asked to provide a rating between “strongly agree” and “strongly disagree” on whether their university has “good welfare support”.

Harper Adams University topped the list in providing the best welfare support for its students. One of the ways in which Harper Adams implements strategies to support student welfare is with the appointment of wardens, students who live on campus and help first-year students to settle in. “There’s always one or two who get homesick. You can sense when someone is not 100 per cent happy,” says warden Kris Dummett, who is studying for a master’s in agricultural engineering. Read more from him here.

See the full student welfare results table below.

Rank	University name	Student Welfare Composite
1	Harper Adams University	83.7
2	Loughborough University	83.2
3	Falmouth University	80.7
4	Royal Veterinary College	80.6
5	Keele University	80.6
6	Newcastle University	80.3
7	University of Surrey	80.3
8	Edge Hill University	79.8
9	University of Leeds	79.6
10	University of Chester	79.3
11	Bangor University	79.2
12	University of Derby	79.2
13	Robert Gordon University	79.1
14	York St John University	79.1
15	Durham University	79.0
16	Queen’s University Belfast	78.9
17	University of St Andrews	78.8
18	University of Sheffield	78.8
19	University of Oxford	78.7
20	University of Worcester	78.5
21	University of Nottingham	78.5
22	University of Bath	78.4
23	Swansea University	78.3
24	University of Birmingham	78.2
25	Heriot-Watt University	77.5
26	University of Dundee	77.4
27	University of Winchester	77.4
28	University of Gloucestershire	77.2
29	Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh	77.1
30	St George’s, University of London	77.0
31	University of Reading	77.0
32	University of Stirling	77.0
33	Newman University	76.8
34	Cardiff University	76.7
35	University Campus Suffolk	76.7
36	University of Manchester	76.7
37	University of East Anglia (UEA)	76.7
38	University of Bristol	76.7
39	Northumbria University	76.7
40	Ulster University	76.5
41	University of Strathclyde	76.4
42	University of Central Lancashire	76.3
43	Brunel University London	76.0
44	Liverpool Hope University	76.0
45	University of Leicester	75.9
46	Coventry University	75.8
47	Aston University	75.8
48	Arts University Bournemouth	75.8
49	Manchester Metropolitan University	75.8
50	University of Exeter	75.2
51	University of Portsmouth	75.1
52	Aberystwyth University	75.1
53	Trent University	75.0
54	University of York	74.9
55	University of Southampton	74.8
56	De Montfort University	74.8
57	Teesside University	74.7
58	Lancaster University	74.5
59	University of Cambridge	74.5
60	University of Salford	74.5
61	University of Wales Trinity Saint David	74.4
62	Bournemouth University	74.3
63	University of Lincoln	74.2
64	Norwich University of the Arts	74.1
65	University of Huddersfield	74.0
66	University of Warwick	74.0
67	University of the West of England	74.0
68	Sheffield Hallam University	73.9
69	Oxford Brookes University	73.9
70	University of Liverpool	73.7
71	Bath Spa University	73.7
72	Royal Holloway, University of London	73.7
73	University of Aberdeen	73.6
74	Southampton Solent University	73.6
75	University of Cumbria	73.6
76	Glasgow Caledonian University	73.5
77	University of Bradford	73.5
78	Queen Mary University of London	73.3
79	University of Glasgow	73.3
80	University of Wolverhampton	73.1
81	Cardiff Metropolitan University	73.0
82	University of Edinburgh	72.9
83	University of Kent	72.9
84	Buckinghamshire New University	72.8
85	Imperial College London	72.8
86	University of Essex	72.6
87	Plymouth University	72.5
88	Leeds Beckett University	72.4
89	Anglia Ruskin University	72.3
90	Edinburgh Napier University	72.2
91	Liverpool John Moores University	72.2
92	University of Greenwich	72.0
93	University of Bedfordshire	72.0
94	University of the West of Scotland	71.6
95	University of Sussex	71.5
96	Abertay University	71.4
97	Canterbury Christ Church University	71.2
98	University of Roehampton	70.7
99	University of Brighton	70.6
100	Staffordshire University	70.6
101	University of Hull	70.2
102	University of South Wales	70.0
103	University of East London	70.0
104	Goldsmiths, University of London	69.9
105	King’s College London	69.9
106	Soas, University of London	69.8
107	University of Sunderland	69.7
108	University of Hertfordshire	69.0
109	University for the Creative Arts	68.7
110	University of West London	68.5
111	Kingston University	68.4
112	University College London (UCL)	67.8
113	Birmingham City University	67.7
114	The Open University	67.4
115	University of Northampton	67.3
116	Middlesex University	67.2
117	City, University of London	66.0
118	University of Westminster	65.6
119	University of the Arts London	65.6
120	London South Bank University	64.3
121	London Metropolitan University	62.1
122	London School of Economics and Political Science	61.6