Birmingham Newman University has claimed top spot as the UK institution with the most satisfied students, according to Times Higher Education’s analysis of National Student Survey results.

The latest poll of final-year students showed a rise in positivity scores on all aspects of higher education courses, including teaching and free speech.

Responses were even stronger for organisation and management – an area the Office for Students (OfS) had previously identified as requiring improvement.

Overall positivity scores collating all the results per individual provider show that Birmingham Newman University came ahead of Lincoln Bishop University, known as Bishop Grosseteste University until last year, which previously claimed the top spot.

An overwhelming majority (92.1 per cent) of students at the institution responded positively to the 26 questions posed by the OfS, with 89.9 per cent doing the same for Lincoln Bishop, now in fourth place.