Simon Wiggins

University of Bolton - International

With a student body of around 11,000 you will get the best of all worlds at Bolton. You will be based on a modern, compact campus where no-one feels anonymous and, with small teaching groups on many courses, you can be sure you are a name, not just a number. Bolton itself is a friendly, thriving town close to the big cities of Manchester and Liverpool. Our teaching quality has consistently won the highest ratings possible from the Government's quality control agency and we have professional accreditation for more than 25 of our teaching programmes. The University of Bolton has very recently been awarded a ‘Silver' rating in the major new government evaluation scheme, the ‘Teaching Excellence Framework' (TEF). The silver award recognises universities for exceeding the baseline threshold expected of UK Higher Education and for high levels of stretch that ensures all students are significantly challenged. This is important recognition for the work the University does with our students and the panel commended us on the development of a culture that facilitates, recognises and rewards excellent teaching as well as providing excellent support for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. There are currently 330 Academic staff members of whom a majority hold PhD degrees. We've been ranked 36th in the UK for Student Satisfaction by the Complete University Guide 2018 with some subjects achieving excellent results: o English is Top in the UK for Student Satisfaction o Creative Writing is Top in the North West for Student Satisfaction o Maths is 2nd in the UK for Student Satisfaction o Education is 5th in the UK for Student Satisfaction o Sport and Social Policy are both Top in the North West for Graduate Prospects • We've seen our fourth consecutive year of improvement in the Guardian 2018 League Table with a rise of 7 places and entering the Top 40 for Teaching Quality with some prominent subject results: o Sport have been ranked Top in the North West and 13th in the UK o English and Creative Writing are placed 19th in the UK out of 106 institutions o Film Production and Photography which includes our highly successful Special and Visual Effects for Film & TV also scored highly (Top 30) and are rated second in the country in the category of "satisfied with teaching" We have been ranked 38th in the UK for Teaching Quality in the Sunday Times The university, and town, continues an exciting period of development with the its new National Centre for Motorsport Engineering and Institute of Management at Bolton Central opening this year. For more information about our rating and the TEF please see www.bolton.ac.uk/TEF