Princess Anne, chancellor Harper Adams University

Princess Anne is the university's chancellor 

Harper Adams University has been named as one of the best universities in the UK for student experience.

The agricultural university, which only achieved full university status in 2012, placedsecond in The Times' Higher Education Student Experience Survey.

The survey of 15,000 full-time students put Loughborough University top.

Student Tom Vines said his Harper Adams course had 'opened up a whole different world' for him.

The Times notes that the survey, now in its 11th year, looks beyond the usual definition of the student experience, which focuses on teaching and learning, to give a wider picture reflecting 'those aspects of university life that matter most to students'.