The HEPI–HEA Student Academic Experience Survey 2015 Nick Hillman, John Newton and Dr Alex Buckley

To what extent are you satisfied, or not, with the overall quality of your course? 2

Thinking back to when you applied to your current university, has the reality of your academic experience matched your expectations? 3

You’ve said that your experience was worse than expected, or worse in some ways than expected, why do you feel this was? 4

Thinking about your academic experience, if you knew what you do now, would you have chosen a different course? 5

Which statement best describes your view of the value for money of your present course? 6

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Changes in students overall perceptions

Average workload per week, during term-time Independent study (including study with friends) 13.9 hours Scheduled contact hours12.8 hours Attended contact hours11.6 hours Time spent outside the institution as part of the course 3.1 hours 9

Average workload per week, during term-time (range of subjects) 10

To what extent do you feel that you benefit (educationally) from attending groups with… [combined “a lot” and “quite a bit”] 11

How important to you are the following characteristics of teaching staff? 12

How important to you are the following characteristics of teaching staff? 13

Thinking about all the teaching you have experienced this year, what proportion of teaching staff did the following? (“All” and “majority”) 14

15 Personal wellbeing of students compared with ONS data (those selecting 7-10, where 10 is “completely”)

16 In which areas would you most prefer your university to save money?

17 The costs of teaching undergraduates are partly paid for by students themselves and partly by the government. What do you think the balance should be?

18 Has your university given you enough information about how your tuition fees are spent?