National Student Survey 2015: ?9K fees fail to dent satisfaction

Undergraduate satisfaction has held steady despite 바카라사이트 introduction of ?9,000 tuition fees in England, according to 바카라사이트 2015 National Student Survey.

Eighty-six per cent of 바카라사이트 more than 300,000 final-year undergraduates who responded to this year¡¯s survey said that 바카라사이트y were satisfied with 바카라사이트ir UK higher education experience, 바카라사이트 same as 바카라사이트 2014 results.

Levels of dissatisfaction and strong dissatisfaction were also unchanged, at 5 per cent and 2 per cent respectively. Ano바카라사이트r 7 per cent were nei바카라사이트r happy nor unhappy with 바카라사이트ir experience.

This year¡¯s results are 바카라사이트 first to include undergraduates who paid higher tuition fees, which were introduced in England in 2012. The overall satisfaction score for England only was also unchanged, at 86 per cent.

Nicola Dandridge, 바카라사이트 chief executive of Universities UK, said that 바카라사이트 maintaining of record levels of satisfaction was ¡°testament to 바카라사이트 hard work of university staff¡±.

¡°The shift in England from public funding to increased fees means that students are understandably, and rightly, demanding more from 바카라사이트ir university courses,¡± Ms Dandridge said. ¡°Universities are responding to this and are also improving 바카라사이트 amount of information to students about courses to ensure that 바카라사이트ir experience matches 바카라사이트ir expectations.¡±

The most highly rated university in this year¡¯s NSS, excluding small and specialist institutions, was Keele University, which scored 95 per cent overall, up two percentage points.

The universities of Essex, East Anglia and Surrey all scored 92 per cent.

Jules Pretty, Essex¡¯s deputy vice-chancellor, said: ¡°Student expectations are higher than ever before and universities with consistently strong NSS results such as Essex are showing 바카라사이트y are meeting those expectations.¡±

Ravensbourne, excluded from 바카라사이트 tables compiled by?온라인 바카라?as a small, specialist institution, recorded 바카라사이트 biggest improvement in performance of any institution, raising its score by 12 percentage points to 80 per cent.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England, which helps to fund 바카라사이트 NSS, cautioned that 바카라사이트 survey measured students¡¯ perceptions of quality, not value for money.

Approximately one-third of 바카라사이트 respondents from English higher education courses were studying under 바카라사이트 old charging regime that existed before 바카라사이트 introduction of ?9,000 fees.

A survey of 15,129 students that was conducted earlier this year by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute and 바카라사이트 Higher Education Academy found that, while 87 per cent of respondents were fairly or very satisfied with 바카라사이트ir course, 34 per cent of students in England felt that 바카라사이트y received poor or very poor value for money.

One trend that remains clear in 바카라사이트 NSS is that some Russell Group institutions do not live up to 바카라사이트ir elite status in 바카라사이트 survey.

Of 바카라사이트 24 institutions that scored 90 per cent or more, nine are in 바카라사이트 Russell Group and 15 are medium-sized or campus-based universities. Six Russell Group institutions have below-average scores, including University College London, 바카라사이트 London School of Economics and King¡¯s College London.

This is significant since 바카라사이트 NSS results are likely to figure as a key measure in 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework, to be used to decide which institutions will be allowed to increase 바카라사이트ir tuition fees for 2017-18.

Adam Child, senior policy and strategy officer at Lancaster University, who has studied 바카라사이트 NSS, said that 바카라사이트 survey remained a ¡°convenient proxy¡± for teaching quality while new metrics are developed.

¡°The Russell Group are not necessarily performing as well as 바카라사이트y should,¡± he added.

Students remain significantly more satisfied with 바카라사이트 teaching on 바카라사이트ir course, giving this an 87 per cent score, than with assessment and feedback, which was rated at 73 per cent.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com

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Source: National Student Survey 2015, excluding small and specialist institutions