Henwick Grove
Worcester WR2 6AJ

Tel 01905 855 111

admissions@worc.ac.uk

www.worcester.ac.uk

Sunday Times ranking 92= (103)

Teaching excellence 40%

Student satisfaction 75.1%

Head teacher ranking 98= (122=)

Peer ranking 104= (99)

Research quality 11.2%

A/AS-level points 248

A-levels for entry 44.2%

Unemployment 6.5%

Firsts and 2:1s 51.2%

Student/staff ratio 19.7:1

Dropout rate 19% (16%)

Undergraduates 3,683 (2,532)

Postgraduates 384 (1,057)

Teaching staff 224

Applications/places 5,106/1,073; 4.8:1 (+36.8%)

Clearing entry 13%

Bursaries 100%: £500-£700

Scholarships 50: £1,000

EU/overseas 3.7%/0.3%

Mature 32.7%

State school 97%

Lowest social classes 35%

Low-participation areas 17%

Live in 17% (96%) £58-£85

With fewer than 4,000 full-time undergraduates, Worcester is a small university thinking big. Detailed plans have been put forward for a second, £120m campus in this scenic riverside city, home to the only university in Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Business has been earmarked as a suitable case for expansion within Worcester’s heavily vocational portfolio of courses and business, management, leadership, marketing, economics, innovation and advertising are now offered. The university, created in 2005, has a strong tradition in teacher training and nursing, accounting for a large majority of women students.

With sport arguably the third subject for which Worcester is best known, it can boast a 100% record for teaching excellence across its core subjects in assessments carried out by the Quality Assurance Agency. New off-campus sports facilities will be ready next year, as the university seeks to build on its intervarsity record where it punches well above its weight. On the academic side of sport, its 3D motion analysis research and rehabilitation centre is unique in Europe.

A combination of a huge programme of courses from which to choose plus its elevation to university status has helped boost applications by more than 35% this year.

Worcester effectively offers a £500 discount on fees to all, while those in receipt of any level of state grant will qualify for a £700 bursary.

Open days October 6, 24.

Student view Iain Webb, students’ union:

USP Most students live within five minutes of the university.

Worst feature Worcester floods regularly.

Location A big city with a small town feel.

Social scene Karaoke gets everyone together on a Friday night.

Rated excellent (4) Education; hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport and tourism (sport); nursing and midwifery; teacher training.

Student satisfactio 75.1% Education studies 82.3; Sports Science 76.4; Performing Arts 76.0; Psychology 75.7; Computer Science 75.7; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 75.2; English-based studies 74.7; History and Archeology 74.5; Teacher Training 72.3; Business 72.2; Media studies 70.5; Art and Design 68.2

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