NSS results

Bucks sound and music courses have been given a thumbs up by our students in the recent NSS 2020 survey.

The average score for overall satisfaction with the course was 94.6%. And BA Audio & Music Production scored an impressive 100%.

NSS 2020 asked students across the country about their experience at uni. Other highlights for Bucks include;

Bucks is in the top 20 of all UK Universities, when all 27 questions in the survey are averaged.

Bucks is in the top 3 of all Universities in London and the South East, on the same measure.

Bucks ranks 3rd in England for the learning opportunities we offer our students

Bucks ranks 8th in the UK for the advice we offer our students about their study choices.

In London and the South East, Bucks is in the top 10 for:

• overall satisfaction 
• the sense of community our students experience 
• our quality of teaching 
• satisfaction with assessment and feedback; and 
• the academic support we offer. 

Bucks Students’ Union is in the UK’s top 3 in terms of how students perceive the students’ union represents their interests

Top 10 employment rates

Figures published by Higher Education Statistic Agency (HESA) shows that Bucks has one of the top employment rates in the UK. Bucks New University ranks 8th in the UK for graduates entering employment or further study.


Within the sound and music areas Bucks graduates have gone on to work for top studios and companies in the field such as Southby, Brittania Row, Sky TV, Goldcrest, Warner Bros De Lane Lea, Halo, TT Games, CTV, Vice Media, Gibson, and the BBC to name a few.

Lockdown Lectures

Life on the course continues as normal (more-or-less!) during the campus closure. Recently we were joined by Sound Designer Enos Desjardins for a special guest session to talk dialogue music and SFX and hear about his work on films like Trust, Black Mirror, and the Netflix film Close.  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3345691/

On set for The Hornet's Show

Recording in 3D

Great session recording sound with the Soundfield SPS200 ambisonics mic. This allows for a '3-D' recording of the environment, which can then be reproduced in our 5.1 Surround Sound studios with immersive results.