HARPER ADAMS AHEAD OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

<1n all the different tables recorded, Harper Adams has performed consistently well and above the new Universities. For student/staff ratio, library and computing facilities and the percentage of students successfully completing their courses, the Newport-based University College is outscoring all of the new universities and most of the older institutions. The percentage of students completing their degree and the percentage of permanent staff also earned the college a high spot in the ranking.>

<“We are very pleased indeed with the outcome of these league tables,” said Professor Wynne Jones. “The dedication of the staff here, the quality of the teaching facilities and the excellence of the teaching provided is mirrored in these results. We continue to invest in order to improve and develop our teaching and learning facilities but at the end of the day it is the quality of our support and care to individual students which is our greatest asset.”> Ends

NOTE TO EDITORS

Harper Adams University College is a specialist higher education establishment for the land based sector. It specialises in agriculture, agri-food, engineering, rural enterprise and land management, leisure and tourism, business, animal health and welfare (including bioveterinary science and veterinary nursing) and countryside management.