National Student Survey now open to finalists
We have renewed our commitment to co-producing the educational experience with students in the University’s Education Strategy, and there are wonderful examples of this evolving across Warwick. The most effective approaches to student engagement employ a range of methods, often starting with clear, reliable insights into the views of large groups of students through means such as surveys, and then working with smaller representative groups to unpick and address the issues they surface.
The National Student Survey
The largest and most established survey of higher education students in the UK is the National Student Survey (NSS), which provides us with those reliable insights into the views of the majority of our undergraduate finalists.
In 2018, 78% of eligible students responded, which equated to 3,191 responses from students across 26 departments.
How the results enhance student experience
The results of the survey continue to inform action to enhance the educational experience of our students within departments and across the University – such as through the review of the University’s Credit Framework, addressing the disparity in the experience of BAME students, introducing and evolving the MyWarwick App which now has 16,000 regular users, and introducing a Welcome Week for our new students.
Student communications
We have now launched the 2019 survey. Eligible students will have already received an invitation to take part from Chris Hughes, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education), and a personalised link from Ipsos Mori – who run the survey independently.
Each department with eligible students has lead colleagues organising efforts to promote the survey in-person and through departmental communication channels, which will complement the on-campus campaign that you may have already seen appearing.
Get involved
The most persuasive messages come from the staff that students already know. With that in mind, we are asking colleagues in academic and professional service departments to raise awareness of the survey and emphasise the importance of student feedback, while being careful not to compromise the anonymity of the survey or influence students’ responses (see our clear guidance on this).
What you can do
Visit www.warwick.ac.uk/nss for more information on the survey.
Go to our staff resources page to download promotional resources.
Colleagues in academic departments can also contact their departmental leads (typically the Director of Education, Director of Student Experience & Progression or Academic Administrator) for more information on efforts to engage students in the department.
