Quality Teaching
Quality teaching
Our academic staff
Loughborough is a research-intensive university, and many of our staff are world leaders in their fields. Our Masters courses are based on staff expertise, and you will be taught by staff who are both enthusiastic about their subjects, and are often at the forefront of current research.
The University continues to appoint extra high-quality academic staff in all departments to teach at the cutting edge of their discipline, as well as additional staff to support students in their learning and teaching
Inspiring enterprising students
At Loughborough we aim to provide students with a practical environment to grow and exploit entrepreneurial skills and ideas. We do this by providing all students with an opportunity to engage in enterprise education and activities, and practical services and facilities to support promising students in the realisation of their goals.
A number of the University’s spin-out success stories started out as ideas for projects undertaken as part of student projects or research. The University has a student enterprise manager to help students identify, protect and exploit the commercial potential of their ideas. For further information visit www.enterpriselufbra.co.uk
Facility investment
We recently created new purpose-built teaching facilities for our postgraduate students, including lecture theatres, flexible seminar space, dedicated 24/7 computer facilities and private study space on central campus.
We have invested in more state-of-the-art research laboratories for students and more learning and teaching spaces. We have enhanced our teaching facilities and created a network of informal learning spaces where students can work in groups or socialise. This includes the University Library which now includes a student learning area with café facilities.
Our students also benefit from having access to specialist equipment and facilities used in our state-of-the-art research areas. The University also has Wireless Networking. WiFi is available in all major teaching and learning areas, in academic and student support departments, in cafés and the Students’ Union.
Full-time, part-time and distance learning options
Nearly all of our programmes are available in a full-time or part-time format and many of our modules are also offered as week-long modules for even more flexible study.
A number of courses can be studied by either full distance learning (no compulsory on-campus attendance) or partial distance learning (requiring short periods of on-campus attendance).
The University also offers a large number of short courses, many tailor-made for businesses. When completed as a week-long module these short courses can be used towards postgraduate qualifications. For further information contact the relevant department.
National Student Survey
Since the introduction of the National Student Survey (NSS) in 2005, Loughborough has always been placed amongst the top 5 universities in the UK. The survey itself seeks to measure the satisfaction levels of final year undergraduate students with regard to their degree programme and is therefore regarded as a good indicator of what it is like to study at Loughborough.
National Centres of Excellence
The University’s excellent teaching was recognised when it was awarded two Centres for Excellence from the Government funding body: The Engineering Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (engCETL) and The Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Statistics Support (sigma).
engCETL builds on the University’s excellent links with industry and employers in teaching engineering, and the success of its Engineering Education Centre in providing learning support. Sigma builds on the expertise of the Mathematics Education Centre in providing support for students, including those with disabilities and from non-standard backgrounds.
Quality Assessments
The Government’s Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) visited all UK universities to assess the quality of teaching and learning. Loughborough’s excellent record in these External Subject Reviews puts us in the top 3 UK universities. The scores awarded by the QAA (see below) show that virtually every subject was rated ‘Excellent’ – an outstanding record.