新白金汉大学Buckinghamshire New University

学费Tuition Fee

英国欧盟UK/EU fees £9,000

国际学生Fees (international) £9,500

地址Address

Queen Alexandra Road, High Wycombe, HP11 2JZ

Performance	项目	Score数值	Ranking排名
2015 Times Ranking	2015年泰晤士报排名		116
2014 Times Ranking	2014年泰晤士报排名		113
World Ranking	世界排名
Student satisfaction	学生满意度	76.4%	119
Research quality	研究质量	0.7	114
Ucas entry points	本科录取水平	250	120
Graduate prospects	毕业生展望	53.7%	112
Firsts and 2:1s	1等及2等1学位比例	53.3%	113
Completion rate	完成度	82.9%	83
Student-staff ratio	学生-老师比	22.2:1	114
Services/facilities spend	服务/设施花费	£2,051	26
Graduate salaries	毕业生起薪	£19,783
Sports points/rank	体育	224	83

Social mix	学生情况	Score数值
Undergraduate (full-time)	本科全日制人数	5,560
Postgraduate (full-time)	研究生全日制人数	290
Applications/places	申请人数／录取人数	10，245/2，315
Applications/places ratio	申请录取率	4.4:1
EU students	欧盟学生	3.7%
Other overseas students	海外学生	3%
Mature	成年学生	30.3%
State school educated	公立学校教育	98.4%
Middle class/working class	中产／工薪比率	59.1/40.9

Student satisfaction 学生满意度
Subject	科目领域	%
Accounting & Finance	会计金融	83.7
Art & Design	艺术设计	75.5
Business Studies	商务研究	80.3
Communication & Media Studies	传媒和媒体研究	57.4
Computer Science	计算机科学	72.7
Drama, Dance & Cinematics	戏剧、舞蹈和电影研究	60.7
Hospitality, Leisure, Recreation & Tourism	酒店休闲娱乐和旅游	80.7
Law	法律	85.5
Materials Technology	材料科学	69.8
Music	音乐	78.7
Nursing	护理	74.0
Psychology	心理学	78.2
Social Work	社会工作	76.0
Sociology	社会学	75.7
Sport Science	体育科学	75.9

奖学金／助学金Bursaries/scholarships

Support package to be announced. It will include support for social and academic engagement for all students and targeted support for priority groups.

‘Big Deal' package which encourages participation in a range of sporting, recreational and social activities.

大学概况University Profile

It is hard to explain the disconnect between Buckinghamshire New University’s consistently underwhelming performance in the annual National Student Survey (NSS) and its outstanding “Big Deal” package of student support.

Since the advent of £9,000 a year tuition fees, Bucks New has arguably paid more attention to the student experience than any other institution, an approach encapsulated in the Big Deal programme (first introduced before fees went up), which entitles students to free entertainment, recreational activities, events and sport. Last year, the scheme provided 2,000 free sessions in sports, events and recreational activities.

It is being extended in September 2014 through the ‘Big Deal on Course’ to coveressential textbooks, equipment and materials, photocopying credits, and a contribution to the cost of field trips, up to a value of £1,000 over three years. There will also be means-tested bursaries to cover essential field trip costs above the standard package, a fund to assist with travel costs to attend job interviews, work placements and internships, and the university will even pay for gown hire at graduation ceremonies. 

The new offers should help to improve student satisfaction ratings that are in the bottom five for all universities and have helped hold the university back in our league table. The university’s own annual survey, carried out by independent academics, has been more positive, as have online reviews of its courses and lecturers, but scores in the NSS have remained stubbornly low.

Bucks New now has some 9,000 students, three-quarters of them taking degree courses. More than a quarter of the undergraduates are over 25 years old and nearly 60% are female. Applications grew in line with the national average in 2013, but there was a small drop in enrolments.

The university had resisted charging the full £9,000 undergraduate fee until 2014. It has continued to do well against the Government’s benchmarks for widening participation in higher education: almost all the entrants are from state schools or colleges, and more than 40 per cent are from working-class homes.

The projected dropout rate for those who entered in 2011 was significantly lower, at less than 12%, than the national average for its subjects and entry qualifications.

Based in High Wycombe, the university has been carrying out a £200m redevelopment plan which allows most students to be based at the main campus. The exceptions are those taking nursing, who have moved into a new building in Uxbridge, on the northwest edge of London.

The prize-winning Gateway Building at High Wycombe has transformed the town centre campus with improved teaching, social and administrative space. The complex includes a new sports hall, gym, treatment rooms and sports laboratory, which are available to the public as well as to students.

At the same time, collaboration with two of the world’s biggest IT companies is resulting in one of the most advanced student networks in UK higher education. Further improvements, which should be complete this September, will include new student accommodation, changes to the exterior of the main building and additional space for the students’ union. Two new accommodation blocks at the student village in High Wycombe will add 108 bedrooms.

There will also be new laboratories and teaching rooms on the Uxbridge campus. In addition to the building projects, the university is planning further improvements to its online learning and IT capabilities.

Sport is an important part of life at the new university, which partners the London Wasps rugby union team in a relationship which trades coaching for Bucks students for courses for Wasps players. But the university’s main aim is to contribute to the social and economic life of the region, embracing workplace learning and close ties with local businesses.

Employees of the bed company Dreams, which is based in High Wycombe, take a Foundation degree in retail management while at work, for example. The National School of Furniture works with local employers and further education colleges, offering qualifications from certificate level to PhD. Bucks has also won awards for its training of commercial pilots and courses for music industry management.

Other foundation degrees include animation and visual effects, protective security management, and sports coaching and performance, all run at partner colleges. Among the new courses introduced in 2014 was a degree in Event and Festival Sustainability Management, and a Foundation degree in kitchen design.

The nursing provision is the largest in the London area and has growing links with the Imperial College London Healthcare Trust, including a joint appointment designed to promote innovation. The child nursing courses attract particularly good ratings. Only 26 staff were entered for the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise – half of them in art and design, which registered the only world-leading research.

However, an official audit of academic standards was positive.

The university’s overall low ranking in our league table is explained not just by the poor scores in the NSS and the 2008 research ratings, but also a low ranking for graduate prospects, entry standards and staffing levels. Only the spend on services and facilities puts the university among the top half of those we surveyed.

学生观点Student view

Matt Gilbert, students’ union president

First impressions

Unpack as fast as you can so you can meet your flatmates and collectively find out what’s going on.

Worst feature

We haven’t many open green spaces, but having a small campus means you’ll get to know everyone quickly.

Making a difference

I was able to work for two premiership rugby teams, the connections available through the university are outstanding.

Deal clincher

Additional hidden costs have been removed, including core textbooks and the cost of course trips, which are subsidised.