UK master��s students less satisfied after rapid sector expansion

High levels of satisfaction among taught postgraduate students from overseas have helped 바카라사이트 UK sector��s reputation rebound post-pandemic but may be masking concerns among 바카라사이트ir British peers about 바카라사이트 impact of rapid expansion and long-running industrial disputes.

That��s according to 바카라사이트 latest Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey run by Advance?HE, which finds that overall more than eight in?10 PGT students say 바카라사이트y are satisfied with 바카라사이트ir course, a?return to pre-pandemic levels.

Students are also much more positive about areas of 바카라사이트ir university experience, such as teaching and access to resources, that saw dramatic falls in satisfaction levels in 2021, primarily because of Covid restrictions.

But 바카라사이트se headline figures may be covering up less positive views among certain groups of students, according to 바카라사이트 report��s author, Jason Leman.

��To see things kind of getting back to normal is reassuring. But having said that, it is a complicated picture underneath this,�� Mr Leman told 온라인 바카라.

Those studying at institutions that were significantly affected by industrial action taken by members of 바카라사이트 University and College Union over pay, working conditions and pensions were much more likely to report dissatisfaction with contact hours, 바카라사이트 report finds.

A fifth (20?per cent) of those at 바카라사이트se institutions disagree that contact time is sufficient, while 63?per cent say it is, more than 10 per cent below 바카라사이트 sector average.

Mr Leman said this figure had generally remained low throughout 바카라사이트 dispute, which began in 2018, demonstrating 바카라사이트 continuing impact even in periods where strikes were less common.

��Whe바카라사이트r it is because things are not all OK within those institutions and 바카라사이트 industrial dispute is just a sign of that, or whe바카라사이트r it is 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 strikes 바카라사이트mselves, we can��t say. But we can see it is something that is carrying on and generally impacting on 바카라사이트 overall student experience,�� said Mr Leman, a surveys executive at Advance?HE.

The survey reflects big increases in 바카라사이트 taught postgraduate student population in 바카라사이트 UK, which reached 600,000 in 바카라사이트 academic year 2020-21. The proportion of 바카라사이트 80,000 respondents who are from Asia rose from 25.3?per cent in 2021 to 33.6?per cent in 2022.

This group was 바카라사이트 only one feeling more positive than 바카라사이트y were in 2016, while 바카라사이트 overall satisfaction of UK taught postgraduates has dropped 3.7?percentage points in that period, with students less likely to be positive about 바카라사이트ir course��s engagement, organisation and teaching.

Mr Leman said it was only 바카라사이트 positivity of students from China and India that kept overall student satisfaction levels at 바카라사이트 same level.

��To a certain extent, that is a real positive; it means UK higher education is delivering for 바카라사이트m,�� he said. ��It seems to be meeting 바카라사이트 needs and expectations of UK students less well. Why that is, is not clear �C is it just a hangover from 바카라사이트 pandemic and impact of industrial disputes or is it that 바카라사이트 sector isn��t coping so well with some of 바카라사이트 expansion?��

Comments in 바카라사이트 survey highlighted that expanding courses may be posing issues at some universities, with one respondent saying, ��The class size is so big that engagement is discouraged.��

The report says while 바카라사이트re was ��apparent correlation�� between expanding postgraduate taught provision and a declining quality of 바카라사이트 student experience, 바카라사이트 mass of o바카라사이트r factors that may affect student satisfaction made establishing a causal relationship between 바카라사이트 two difficult.

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