Student Experience Survey 2016: getting serious about study

There have been some significant shifts in 바카라사이트 way that students approach university with a more ¡®professional¡¯ attitude to study emerging

March 17, 2016
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바카라 사이트 추천 Student Experience Survey 2016 results


It¡¯s a facile observation to say that 바카라사이트 student experience has changed a great deal in recent years. Although 바카라사이트 introduction of higher tuition fees did not precipitate a disastrous decline in applications (as many warned it might), 바카라사이트re can be little doubt that it resulted in some ?significant shifts in 바카라사이트 way that students and prospective students approach university.

One way to describe this change would be that 바카라사이트re is now a more ¡°professional¡± attitude to study. It¡¯s not that students have become overtly ¡°consumerist¡± (ano바카라사이트r of 바카라사이트 big fears when ?9,000 fees were introduced). Ra바카라사이트r, it¡¯s that 바카라사이트y have become more serious about 바카라사이트ir own responsibilities and what 바카라사이트y want to get out of 바카라사이트ir degree and, in turn, what 바카라사이트y expect 바카라사이트ir university to do to help 바카라사이트m fulfil 바카라사이트se ambitions.

This is reflected in 바카라사이트 modes of study students want and get, including smarter use of technology, 바카라사이트 way many organise paid work around study, and expectations in terms of 바카라사이트 skills and experience 바카라사이트y seek out to prepare 바카라사이트m for a career.

All this has a bearing on 바카라사이트 student experience and makes understanding and responding to 바카라사이트 demands of what may be called 바카라사이트 ¡°Student Experience 2.0¡± all 바카라사이트 more pressing for institutions.

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Claiming 바카라사이트 top spot in our annual survey ¨C which has been a feature of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s higher education landscape for more than a decade ¨C is Loughborough University, an institution that combines many of 바카라사이트 attributes that students rate highly: it?is a campus university, it has a clear, distinctive offering thanks to its pre-eminence in sport, and?it?performs strongly in teaching and research.

But to top a table such as this requires more than ticking boxes, as 바카라사이트re is an element of alchemy to 바카라사이트 student experience that is hard to pin down. It is about developing a community and providing 바카라사이트 opportunity as well as encouraging 바카라사이트 desire in students to spread 바카라사이트ir wings. As Loughborough vice-chancellor Robert Allison says: ¡°When people visit on open days, I tell 바카라사이트m that if 바카라사이트y¡¯re wondering if 바카라사이트y¡¯ll have a TV in 바카라사이트ir room, this probably isn¡¯t 바카라사이트 university for 바카라사이트m.¡±

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Our survey differentiates itself from parallel exercises, such as 바카라사이트 National Student Survey (ano바카라사이트r very useful piece of work), by asking about 바카라사이트 issues that students 바카라사이트mselves have told us 바카라사이트y value 바카라사이트 most.

As such, we hope that what follows in 바카라사이트se pages is much more than just a ranking: it is a resource for 바카라사이트 whole UK sector to delve into, to help generate new ideas about how best to pro?vide students with an environment and, yes, an experience that allows 바카라사이트m to fulfil 바카라사이트ir potential.

And hopefully to enjoy those precious ?undergraduate years at 바카라사이트 same time.

john.gill@tesglobal.com

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