Newcastle, Sunderland regions’s top performers

Newcastle and Sunderland Universities have maintained their lead in the delivery of media and communications studies programmes, according to the National Student Survey released today.

While Newcastle fell short of its prized first place in 2008, dropping two and a half points to 97.5, it was even better news for Sunderland, whose overall score for the quality of its provision shot up from 69.5 to 75. This score is an aggregate of all the survey measurements, provided by the Guardian, for the overall student experience on media and communications courses.

Oxford increased its gap over Cambridge as the country’s leading university across all subjects. Bolton remains bottom. Read more