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Research excellence In the most recent national Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), we were ranked ninth out of 159 universities in the country for the quality of our research, with most of our departments and schools rated as ‘internationally excellent’. The RAE results were announced in December 2008.


The RAE is a peer review exercise to evaluate the quality of research in UK higher education institutions, undertaken by the four UK higher education funding bodies. The ratings are a strong indicator of the number and quality of research-active staff at Essex and the extent to which we create a supportive infrastructure for research.


The RAE provided quality profiles for research in each submission of research activity made by institutions. Profiles indicate the proportion of research activity within a submission, in each of five quality levels:


4* = ‘world-leading’, 3* = ‘internationally excellent’, 2* = ‘internationally recognised’, 1* = ‘nationally recognised’, and unclassified = ‘below nationally recognised work’.


Staff from all our schools and departments were submitted either within a departmental submission or within a cross-departmental submission.


The results of the RAE showed that of the research activity undertaken at Essex:


n 22 per cent is rated as ‘world-leading’; n 63 per cent is rated as at least ‘internationally excellent’;


n 93 per cent is rated as at least ‘internationally recognised’.


More detailed information about our results can be found at: www.essex.ac.uk/ about/rae and further information about the RAE process is available at: www.rae.ac.uk.


Student satisfaction We are in the top 20 nationally for student satisfaction according to the National Student Survey (NSS) for 2010. Eighty-eight per cent of our students expressed overall satisfaction with their course – placing Essex sixteenth for student satisfaction in the country.


Several of our departments have achieved 100 per cent satisfaction ratings, meaning they are amongst the leading departments for student satisfaction in the UK (see subject entries for individual ratings).


Further information on how we scored in this survey can be found at: www.unistats.com.


For a number of years, we have independently carried out our own students’ satisfaction survey. Overall, 86 per cent of those surveyed were satisfied with their experience at Essex.


Student experience We are rated fifteenth in the UK for offering the best all-round student experience (Times Higher Education Survey, January 2010). We scored strongly for our high-quality and helpful staff, well-structured courses, and our good extracurricular activities, community atmosphere and campus environments.


Academic diversity We have the following academic departments and schools, which belong to one of four faculties:


Humanities and Comparative Studies Law and Management Science and Engineering Social Sciences


n Art History and Theory n Biological Sciences


n Computer Science and Electronic Engineering


Several of our departments have achieved 100 per cent satisfaction ratings, meaning they are amongst the leading departments for student satisfaction in the UK.


n East 15 Acting School n Economics n Essex Business School n Government n Health and Human Sciences n History n International Academy n Language and Linguistics n Law n Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies n Mathematical Sciences n Philosophy n Psychology n Sociology


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