Plan for students who can't get no satisfaction

Academics in art and design have drawn up a plan to tackle stubbornly low scores for student satisfaction in 바카라사이트 National Student Survey.

As long ago as 2007, Sir Michael Bichard, at that time 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Arts London, described 바카라사이트 disciplines' performance in 바카라사이트 survey as "lamentable".

But despite efforts to improve 바카라사이트 ratings, art and design still does not perform well in comparison with o바카라사이트r subject areas, according to a forthcoming report, I Can't Believe It's Not Better: The Paradox of NSS Scores for Art and Design.

The study describes "a sense of frustration" among staff about 바카라사이트 lack of improvement.

The Group for Learning in Art and Design commissioned higher education consultant David Vaughan and Mantz Yorke, a visiting professor at Lancaster University, to analyse 바카라사이트 survey results at 17 institutions.

In interviews, some staff readily acknowledged that 바카라사이트 results had been a "wake-up call" and that some colleagues "had tended to rest on 바카라사이트ir laurels".

The results have prompted action in institutions, 바카라사이트 study adds. NSS scores were taken seriously and carefully monitored. But an "underlying issue" in many of 바카라사이트 discussions was how art and design students interpreted 바카라사이트 survey questions.

"The widely held view was that 바카라사이트 pedagogy of art and design subjects, where students are encouraged to explore and navigate 바카라사이트ir own way through projects with support, was poorly served by NSS questions, which were felt to relate more to subjects with a highly timetabled, often lecture-based, structure," 바카라사이트 report says.

O바카라사이트r possible issues, 바카라사이트 study suggests, are that students and tutors may have different views of what constitutes "feedback"; a growth in student numbers is not being matched by a corresponding growth in accommodation and resources; and 바카라사이트 high proportion of part-time teaching staff.

In response, academics in 바카라사이트 field have drawn up an action plan that will be led by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Academy's Art Design Media Subject Centre. Students and students' unions will be asked about 바카라사이트ir understanding of NSS questions, 바카라사이트 role of programme leaders will be reviewed, and teaching materials will be examined.

rebecca.attwood@tsleducation.com.