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Scottish universities achieve award success |
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Monday, 10 December 2007 |
Edinburgh's Napier University has won a major national prize for widening student participation because of its NUstART initiative, run in areas where university attendance is not the norm.
Napier won the accolade in 2007's Times Higher Education Supplement
awards, in which Aberdeen University scooped the prize for Outstanding
Contribution to Leadership Development, and St Andrews for Outstanding
Support for Early-Careers Researchers.
Meanwhile, the University of Glasgow was rated the best campus in
Scotland and 3rd in the UK for overall student experience in a league
table compiled for the same awards.
Only Loughborough and Cambridge Universities achieved higher ratings than the University of Glasgow from their students.
St. Andrews came in at number five in the UK, Dundee at number eight,
and Stirling at number 20. Also in the top 50 were Edinburgh,
Strathclyde, Aberdeen and Glasgow Caledonian.
Mhari Wilson, president of Glasgow's Students' Representative Council,
said: "I am not surprised Glasgow scored highly. There is so much to do
on campus and over 90 clubs and societies. I think students recognise
that extracurricular activities are not just about what you get out of
it but are good for your CV. There is a strong sense of community here
- it is a really positive place to be."
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