Student satisfaction remains high, says report

Commenting on the findings, UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said:

'Despite unpopular and chaotic university funding changes from governments in the past nine years, students remain satisfied with their degrees and it is the staff in our universities who deserve enormous credit for that.

'Satisfaction remains high even though staff pay has been driven down, workloads have increased and some students expect more for their massively increased fees - despite the fact that money merely covers the funding this government has cut.

'The government and universities cannot continue to simply expect more for less. We need proper investment and commitment to higher education if we are to continue to satisfy students in our universities and be a key player on the world stage.'

The report, from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) on behalf of all UK funding bodies, looked at data collected from National Student Surveys since 2005.