University Campus Oldham delighted after strong student satisfaction results

We’re celebrating after our final year students rated us above the England sector average in five themed categories of the National Student Survey (NSS) 2026.

University Campus Oldham (UCO) empowers thousands of local students each year to unlock their potential and achieve their career goals.

Partnering with globally recognised universities and institutions to deliver accredited university level qualifications, we pride ourselves on developing local talent in a learning environment that is shaped by student needs and feedback.

The National Student Survey (NSS) is an independent survey overseen by the Office for Students (OfS). This survey asks final year undergraduate students about the quality of their courses across all publicly funded higher education institutions and further education colleges across England.

The survey is seen as a national benchmark of success. The results come from 27 questions which together create the overall theme scores.

UCO, as part of Oldham College, received positive responses that were higher than the England sector averages in five of the category themes this year.

This included:

• Assessment and Feedback (5.3% above sector average)
• Academic support (3.6% above sector average)
• Teaching on my Course (2.8% above sector average)
• Organisation and management (2.7% above sector average)
• Learning opportunities (1.3% above sector average).

Particular highlights were that 95 per cent of students responded that teaching staff were good at explaining things, 95 per cent of students responded that it was easy to contact teaching staff when they needed to and 92 per cent of students responded that their course often challenged them to achieve their best work in the National Student Survey 2026.

Sue Holden, UCO’s Assistant Principal, HE and Higher Skills, said:

“This is another superb set of NSS results.

“To be above sector average across five of the themed areas highlights our focus on the quality of our teaching, as well as the truly supportive community we have here at UCO.

“I want to thank all our students for their feedback and fantastic appreciation of what UCO has delivered for them.”

Places are still available for courses starting in September 2026! Find out more on our courses page.