Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2017: Loughborough shortlisted for nine out of 12 categories
Student satisfaction has helped Loughborough University feature in nine of the 12 categories at this year’s Whatuni Student Choice Awards.
The University features heavily in the annual event, which recognises institutions for excellence in a wide variety of academic and social areas.
Based on ratings given by students, Loughborough has been shortlisted in the Overall (University of the Year) category, as well as Student Support, Job Prospects, Students’ Union, Clubs and Societies, University Facilities, Accommodation, Giving Back and International.
Other finalists include Imperial College London, Durham University and Sheffield Hallam.
To compile the nominees, reviewers from the Whatuni.com website visited 130 universities across the UK and spoke to more than 27,000 students who rated their institution from one-to-five in each of the 12 areas.
In 2015, Loughborough was named University of the Year, and missed out narrowly on the top spot again last year, being named runner-up.
Vice Chancellor, Professor Bob Allison, said: “It’s a great achievement to have been nominated in nine of the 12 categories, and coupled with our past successes in the awards it shows we must be doing something right.
“What’s more, the awards are made all the more important by the fact that they’re voted for by students.”
This year’s winners will be revealed on April 6, at a gala dinner held in London.
Simon Emmett, CEO of Whatuni.com parent company Hotcourses Group, commented: “We are delighted to see universities that are being nominated for a number of categories across the board at this year’s awards.
"It truly reflects a student experience that goes beyond teaching excellence and touches on all aspects of a student’s life.”
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The nominations are as follows (listed alphabetically):
Overall
Aberystwyth University
Bangor University
Edge Hill University
Harper Adams University
Leeds College of Art
Royal Agricultural University
Sheffield Hallam University
Swansea University
University of Leeds
Student Support
Bangor University
Edge Hill University
Harper Adams University
Keele University
Leeds College of Art
Leeds Trinity University
St Mary's University, Twickenham
University of Gloucestershire
University of South Wales
Job Prospects
Bangor University
Harper Adams University
Keele University
Leeds Trinity University
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
Royal Agricultural University
Sheffield Hallam University
St Mary's University, Twickenham
University of Bath
Student Union
Cardiff University
Harper Adams University
Keele University
Nottingham Trent University
St Mary's University, Twickenham
University of Dundee
University of Leeds
University of Reading
University of Sheffield
Clubs & Societies
Bangor University
Durham University
Harper Adams University
Imperial College London
Swansea University
University of Cambridge
University of Glasgow
University of Leeds
University of St Andrews
City Life
Imperial College London
Leeds College of Art
Newcastle University
Northumbria University
Sheffield Hallam University
The University of Manchester
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
University of Leeds
University of Liverpool
University Facilities
Bangor University
Edge Hill University
Harper Adams University
Leeds College of Art
Nottingham Trent University
Sheffield Hallam University
University of Dundee
University of Exeter
University of Leeds
Accommodation
Aberystwyth University
Bangor University
Edge Hill University
Harper Adams University
Lancaster University
Royal Agricultural University
Sheffield Hallam University
St Mary's University, Twickenham
University of Exeter
Course & Lecturers
Aberystwyth University
Bangor University
Edge Hill University
Glyndwr University, Wrexham
Harper Adams University
Leeds College of Art
St Mary's University, Twickenham
Swansea University
University of Buckingham
University of Gloucestershire
Giving Back
Bangor University
Harper Adams University
Keele University
Royal Agricultural University
SOAS, University of London
St George's, University of London
St Mary's University, Twickenham
Swansea University
University of Leeds
International
Aberystwyth University
Bangor University
St Mary's University, Twickenham
Swansea University
University of Chester
University of Exeter
University of Greenwich
University of Kent
University of Lincoln
Postgraduate
Aberystwyth University
Bangor University
Coventry University
St Mary's University, Twickenham
Swansea University
University of Exeter
University of Glasgow
University of Gloucestershire
University of Lincoln
University of Stirling
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Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, putting it among the best universities in the world, and was named the best in the country for its student experience in the 2016 THE Student Experience Survey. Loughborough was ranked 4th in the Guardian University League Table 2017 and 7th in The UK Complete University Guide 2017 and was also named Sports University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017, and University of the Year in the What Uni Student Choice Awards 2015.
Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’ and is in the top 10 in England for research intensity. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
In September 2015 the University opened an additional academic campus in London’s new innovation quarter. Loughborough University London, based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities.