1 What is the National Student Survey (NSS) and why should I take part?

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What is the National

Student Survey (NSS) and why should I take

part?

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What is the NSS?

Annual survey of

final year

undergraduates

across the UK

Commissioned by the Higher

Education Funding Council for

England (HEFCE) on behalf of

all the funding bodies

Fully supported

by the National

Union of

Students (NUS)

Conducted by

Ipsos MORI

Quick and easy

to complete

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What will the NSS ask me?

www.thestudentsurvey.com

The NSS asks a range of questions about your course experience

• The teaching on my course

• Assessment & feedback

• Academic support

• Organisation & management

• Learning resources

• Personal development

• Overall satisfaction

• The NSS also asks students about satisfaction with their Students’ Union (Association or Guild)

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How are the results used?


The NSS results are made

publicly available (KIS,

Unistats) to help

prospective students make

informed decisions of

where and what to study

Institutions are provided with the

anonymised data to help them

identify areas where they are

doing well, as well as areas for

development, for the purpose of

improving the student learning

experience for future generations

of students

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As a result of what students have said, institutions have made a lot of changes. Examples include:

Enhanced teacher-

student

communications

Improved support

measures such as personal

tutorial sessions and

enhanced induction

programmes

Made timetable

improvements and

explored course

content and design

Reviewed and improved access to IT resources, study spaces and textbooks and e-books

Provided additional

study opportunities

to develop key skills

and offered

enhanced careers

support


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Online

You can now complete

the NSS online using a

PC, smartphone or

tablet

The survey is undertaken

independently by

Ipsos MORI


Take part online for

the opportunity to

win/receive [details of

prize draw / incentive]

At no point will

students be identified

to their institution -

your responses to the

survey are anonymised

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To take part…

Scanning the NSS Quick

Response code with your

smartphone (you may need to

download a free QR reader app)

The NSS respects

student privacy and

your responses will

remain confidential

Going to



Ipsos MORI will send

you an email inviting

you to take part in

the survey during

[survey start week]

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