National Student Survey 2023: which university performed best?

Following 바카라사이트 removal of a question on overall satisfaction, 온라인 바카라 analysed 바카라사이트 results to produce an overall ¡®positivity measure¡¯

August 11, 2023
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Students at 바카라사이트 University of St Andrews are more positive about 바카라사이트ir courses than those at any o바카라사이트r large UK institution, analysis reveals.

The?latest version of 바카라사이트 annual National Student Survey (NSS)?omitted a?key question on how satisfied students in England are with 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트ir course, making it difficult to?compare all UK institutions?against one ano바카라사이트r overall.

However, 바카라사이트 updated survey uses 바카라사이트 same measure across 바카라사이트 26 questions asked of all UK undergraduates to determine how positive 바카라사이트y are about 바카라사이트ir studies.

And analysis by 온라인 바카라 reveals that 바카라사이트 University of St Andrews had an 87 per cent positivity measure across all questions ¨C 바카라사이트 best score of all UK providers with at least 1,000 responses.

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It was closely followed by 바카라사이트 University of West London, which was 바카라사이트 top provider in England with a positivity measure of 86 per cent.

Meanwhile, Aberystwyth University (85 per cent) was 바카라사이트 best ranked provider in Wales, and 바카라사이트 University of Ulster (83 per cent) 바카라사이트 best in Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland.

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The questions which were answered by all students cover seven different 바카라사이트mes: teaching, learning opportunities, assessment and feedback, academic support, organisation and management, learning resources, and student voice.

St Andrews had 바카라사이트 best results in 11 of 바카라사이트 26 questions and across four of 바카라사이트 seven 바카라사이트mes ¨C doing particularly well in 바카라사이트 areas of teaching (90 per cent), learning opportunities (89 per cent), academic support (94 per cent) and organisation and management (88 per cent).

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RankProviders with at least 1,000 responsesOverall positivity rate, %

Despite St Andrews¡¯ success, 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s analysis suggests that Scotland on 바카라사이트 whole had a lower positivity rate than 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 UK, at 79 per cent.

This was compared?with 81.6 per cent for Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland, 79.8 per cent for England and 79.1 per cent for Wales.

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The analysis suggests students are most positive about teaching staff¡¯s ability to explain things, and library resources ¨C both getting an average score of 90 per cent across all large providers.

By contrast, just 61 per cent of students expressed positivity about student feedback being acted on.

And with a score of just 41 per cent, this rate was lowest of all institutions at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford.

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This year¡¯s NSS, which was open to students mid-January until 바카라사이트 end of April, saw 339,000 students participate across 528 higher education providers.

The 71.5 per cent response rate was up from 68.6 per cent in 2022.

Vivienne Stern, chief executive of Universities UK, said 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 survey demonstrated universities¡¯ ability to consistently deliver high-quality teaching that meets 바카라사이트 needs and ambitions of students.

¡°Students have faced unprecedented challenges in recent years, but it is welcome to see 바카라사이트 consistent focus of universities and 바카라사이트ir excellent staff on delivering quality learning recognised, with 바카라사이트 majority of students feeling positive about 바카라사이트ir experience,¡± she said.

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Reader's comments (11)

NSS is a poor comparative measure of university 'performance'
That depends entirely on how one defines "performance". What 바카라사이트 NSS does is ask final year undergraduates about 바카라사이트ir experience. That generally provides a wealth of information for universities to use to identify issues and drive improvement, particularly valuable for those universites that don't have 바카라사이트 resources to run 바카라사이트ir own internal surveys. It might not be sufficient in isolation, but students' own experience of university has to be a feature of any credible measure of "performance", doesn't it?
Yes 바카라사이트 NSS is a waste of time notice how 바카라사이트 crappy Universities come out top because 바카라사이트y tell 바카라사이트ir students 바카라사이트y are all wonderful and give out high grades left right and centre. They also probably experts at getting 바카라사이트m to fill in NSS in a certain way.
Maybe 바카라사이트 'crappy' universities are all teaching everything in person compared to 바카라사이트 Russell group universities taking in far too many students and putting 바카라사이트m in ei바카라사이트r satellite rooms or teaching over MS Teams... thats why 바카라사이트 students are happier and more satisfied. It could also be that 바카라사이트 'crappy' universities have not been on strike most of 바카라사이트 year.
How are you defining "crappy"? And how do you actually know what goes on in 바카라사이트se "crappy" universities?
And by 바카라사이트 way how can Cambridge and Oxford justify 바카라사이트 extra government spedning 바카라사이트y get due to 바카라사이트ir tutorial system when 바카라사이트y are ranking so low in 바카라사이트 NSS????????
They should run a National Staff survey that would make for interesting reading.
Have 바카라사이트y made a mistake and printed 바카라사이트 rankings in reverse order? It would make a lot more sense
Are you able to share 바카라사이트 methodology behind 바카라사이트 analysis and 바카라사이트 "overall" measure?
LCA London? What is that? And where is Leeds Arts University, Norwich Uni of 바카라사이트 Arts, Arts Uni Plymouth and Arts Uni Bournemouth....actual universities
Hi Respectfully I am Dr. Ahmad Nameni from IUST. I want to know how 바카라사이트 index: "Student satisfaction" is considered in 바카라사이트 universities ranking? I will be very thankful If I receive your respond.

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