At Barnsley College University Centre, everyone works together to transform the lives of our students. We are always looking for ways to improve our services to ensure our students leave us with the skills and knowledge they need to be able to complete their course and progress to higher level study or employment.
Our students work exceptionally hard and its fantastic to see them graduate. Many go onto achieve great things and we love hearing how successful our alumni have become.
We’re very proud of our students, our success rates and our student satisfaction results. Here’s a review of our successes that we’re proud of:
Success rates
In 2023/24:
- 80% of our HE students completed their award.*
- 60% of our students achieved either a 2:2 or 2:1*
The Overall framework achievement rate for Higher Level Apprenticeships is 58%, 1% above National Achievement Rates.*
Student satisfaction
The College achieved an overall positivity score of 92.5% in 2023/24.
Students reported high satisfaction levels across all areas, from teaching, learning and academic support to the learning community and student voice. Below are individual breakdowns of the College’s student satisfaction score in each of the area measured:
- Teaching on my course = 94.6%
- Learning Opportunities = 91.4%
- Assessment and Feedback = 95.1%
- Academic Support = 93.2%
- Organisation and Management = 91.2%
- Learning Resources= 93.5%
- Student Voice = 91.8%
- Students’ Union= 88.7%
- Mental Health= 90%
- Freedom of Speech= 95.9%
Our students
In 2023/24:
- 45% of our students were aged 21 or above*
- 66% of the cohort was female and 34% of the cohort was male*
- 23% had a declared disability or identified learning support need*
- 6% were studying on a part-time basis*
- 9% were from an ethnic background*
* [Barnsley College] Higher Education Annual Monitoring Report 2023/24
Last updated: 20th February 2025