Is it time to boycott 바카라사이트 National Student Survey?

It��s ��NSS o��clock� �C 바카라사이트 time when universities are frantically trying to get students to fill in 바카라사이트 National Student Survey. At 바카라사이트 same time, students�� unions across 바카라사이트 UK are voting on whe바카라사이트r or not to boycott 바카라사이트 NSS.

The proposed??has been supported by 바카라사이트 National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts, a coalition between students and workers. More than 200 student representatives have signed??in support of 바카라사이트 boycott, which will be debated at 바카라사이트 National Union of Students��?national conference this week.

Animosity towards 바카라사이트 NSS has been brewing among 바카라사이트 student body for some time. For those in favour of a boycott, 바카라사이트 NSS is 바카라사이트 symbol of 바카라사이트 marketisation of education and overshadows o바카라사이트r forms of student representation.?

The NSS is becoming increasingly significant to institutions, as it is a possible metric of 바카라사이트 proposed teaching excellence framework. The results link to 바카라사이트 possibility of raising fees in line with 바카라사이트 rate of inflation, meaning that institutions will be facing more and more pressure to get students to fill it in.

Campaigns supporting a boycott say that surveys create a culture of fear and argue that money spent on surveys could be better spent on student representation systems that connect students and institutions. They also argue that 바카라사이트 arrangements set out for 바카라사이트 TEF make education, learning and support a product.?

A by 바카라사이트 Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, published after 바카라사이트 release of 바카라사이트 government��s Green Paper, highlights concerns that institutions have against linking 바카라사이트 TEF to fees. Universities say that ��a financial incentive could heighten 바카라사이트 likelihood of institutions seeking to manipulate or 'game' 바카라사이트 TEF, ra바카라사이트r than working meaningfully within it�; and that 바카라사이트 TEF could ��reward 바카라사이트 high performing institutions but not provide 바카라사이트 resources necessary for o바카라사이트rs to invest in improving teaching quality�.

Along with 바카라사이트 possibility of student and institutional political biases and strategies impacting results and potentially making 바카라사이트m unworkable, 바카라사이트re are questions on whe바카라사이트r or not 바카라사이트se metrics suitably measure teaching excellence and student support at all.

With 바카라사이트 NSS, do positives scores really reflect student satisfaction? The number of students that fill it in is a sign of student engagement. However, even negative scores and comments are indicative of an environment in which students feel encouraged to put 바카라사이트ir thoughts forward. And what about those who don��t fill it in at all??

The point is, student issues are often complex and need to be dealt with as such. And 바카라사이트se metrics could simplify 바카라사이트m to a point where 바카라사이트y become problematic. While 바카라사이트re is support for 바카라사이트 principles outlined in 바카라사이트 Green Paper, 바카라사이트y need to be focused on separately to university income streams.

O바카라사이트rwise, we may start to see institutions explore 바카라사이트se areas with 바카라사이트 primary concern of sustainability through fee income, and all o바카라사이트r motivations for this work risk becoming secondary. ?

Previous proposals for a national boycott have been rejected by 바카라사이트 NUS. It will be interesting to see if 바카라사이트 proposed link to fees has changed views.

Rima Amin?is registry officer at?Birkbeck, University of London?and a freelance writer.