{"id":31,"date":"2019-05-09T10:42:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T09:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/?p=31"},"modified":"2023-03-14T13:59:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T13:59:25","slug":"forensics-team-enjoy-success-in-latest-complete-university-guide-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/2019\/05\/09\/forensics-team-enjoy-success-in-latest-complete-university-guide-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Forensics team enjoy success in latest Complete University Guide rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As summer approaches, many students around the world are currently researching universities and the exciting degree courses that could shape their future.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Complete University Guide<\/a> is a trusted resource that can provide students with important information as they look at finding the right course and university for them.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest guide, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk\/league-tables\/rankings?s=Forensic+Science&amp;fbclid=IwAR2Gn6o1oPMqas8QsaMwCk1wn-Yqz8SUrVL7EeTCvkCb-Mofgr3C3CeOREA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Complete University Guide 2020<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Forensic Science at Kent has ranked 4th overall \u2013 a fantastic achievement for the team.<\/p>\n<h3>The Complete University Guide 2020<\/h3>\n<p>Kent\u2019s 4th ranking in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk\/league-tables\/rankings?s=Forensic+Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forensic Science League Table 2020<\/a> is measured in four key areas including student satisfaction, research quality, entry standards and graduate prospects.<\/p>\n<p>These key areas are measured from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestudentsurvey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Student Survey (NSS)<\/a>, completed by final-year undergraduate students, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ref.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Excellence Framework (REF)<\/a> undertaken by the funding councils. Other areas are measured through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCAS<\/a> tariff scores and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hesa.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)<\/a> data.<\/p>\n<h3>Independent Rankings<\/h3>\n<p>Student satisfaction was also recognised in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/29\/university-guide-2019-league-table-for-forensic-science-archaeology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Guardian University Guide 2019 <\/em><\/a>with over 91% of final-year Forensic Science students at Kent were satisfied with the overall quality of their course.<\/p>\n<p>In the National Student Survey 2018, over 94% of final-year Forensic Science students who completed the survey, were satisfied with the overall quality of their course.<\/p>\n<p>Of Forensic Science students who graduated from Kent in 2017 and completed a national survey, over 88% were in work or further study within six months (DLHE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As summer approaches, many students around the world are currently researching universities and the exciting degree courses that could shape their future.\u00a0The Complete University Guide &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/2019\/05\/09\/forensics-team-enjoy-success-in-latest-complete-university-guide-rankings\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40702,"featured_media":196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[99399,130363],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40702"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions\/32"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chemfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}