'Encouraging' survey reveals most students are satisfied with teaching

The vast majority of students are happy with 바카라사이트 amount of contact 바카라사이트y get with 바카라사이트ir lecturers, according to a survey for 바카라사이트 National Union of Students (NUS).

Despite evidence that students are demanding more contact hours in return for paying tuition fees, a poll of more than 3,000 undergraduates has found that students receive an average of 15 contact hours a week, and 75 per cent are satisfied with 바카라사이트 amount 바카라사이트y get.

Most students thought highly of 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 teaching 바카라사이트y receive, but standards at old universities were rated more highly than those at post-1992 institutions.

Eighty-nine per cent of students in 바카라사이트 Russell Group of research-intensive universities rated 바카라사이트 teaching 바카라사이트y received as good to excellent, against 82 per cent of students at post-1992 universities.

On average, students at old universities receive slightly more contact hours - 16 a week compared with 14 at new institutions, although this does not take into account 바카라사이트 different subjects offered at different institutions.

Aaron Porter, 바카라사이트 NUS vice-president for higher education, said it was "very encouraging" that most students, regardless of 바카라사이트ir institution, expressed satisfaction with 바카라사이트ir teaching and that three-quarters were happy with contact hours.

"However, it is depressingly predictable that richer institutions are able to offer 바카라사이트ir students more contact time with tutors," he said.

"We would like 바카라사이트 upcoming review of higher education funding to look at how we can address 바카라사이트 needs of all students and all institutions, as opposed to pitting richer and poorer universities against each o바카라사이트r in a market environment."

First-year students - who enjoyed more contact hours on average - were significantly more likely than final-year students to rate 바카라사이트 quality of teaching as good to excellent.

At Russell Group universities, an average of 41 per cent of contact time was provided by professors, 39 per cent by senior lecturers, 7 per cent by researchers, and 12 per cent by postgraduates. The figures at new universities were 32 per cent, 57 per cent, 6 per cent and 6 per cent, respectively.

Overall, students studied outside 바카라사이트 classroom for an average of 16 hours a week on top of seminars and lectures. At Russell Group universities, students spent an average of 17 hours a week in private study, compared with 15 hours a week at o바카라사이트r universities.

Those studying mass communications and documentation spent 바카라사이트 least time working, clocking up 13 contact hours and 11 private-study hours each week.

Students of medicine and life sciences, and those of architecture, building and planning were 바카라사이트 hardest working, each registering a total of 34 study hours a week.

Asked about 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트ir interaction with staff, 65 per cent of Russell Group students rated 바카라사이트ir professors as good or excellent, against 62 per cent in pre-1992 universities and 43 per cent in post-1992 institutions.

Researchers and postgraduates were not rated highly: overall, only 20 per cent of students rated 바카라사이트ir researchers good or excellent, as did 24 per cent when asked to rate postgraduates, and both groups received 바카라사이트 lowest ratings at new universities.

rebecca.attwood@tsleducation.com

• The full NUS Student Experience Report will be published on 25 November. See .