1. The Students’ Union Insight Department
SUPRA information
The Students’ Union Insight Department

2. Information gathering
Your Students’ Union Insight Team work on gathering information from all students through conducting 3 all student surveys each academic year, other surveys to smaller groups of students, focus groups, workshops, ethnographies, and online thought forums. In the future, the Students’ Union want to invest specific effort into getting to know Physiology and Sports Rehabilitation Exercise Science students better. We aim to do this by setting up a specific online channel to communicate with SUPRA students, so that we can get to know about their issues, and feed back relevant findings to SUPRA. Because such a small sample of SUPRA students have responded to our surveys, lots of the following information will either be presented based on students based on Nottingham City Hospital, or it will be extended response answers (rather than statistics).

3. What students want help with
Stress around exam periods (wellbeing and emotional support).
Issues around accommodation and rental properties (Student Living support).
More accessibility to events, activities, sports and societies for those based away from University Park Campus.
Note: 27% of NCH students have not heard of the Student Advice Centre before.

4. Satisfaction and feelings towards the Students’ Union
Students from Nottingham City Hospital:
Rate the SU an average of 7.1/10 (with a range between 5 and 10).
In terms of SU engagement, the majority of these students:
Physically visit SU space once or twice a month
Browse the SU website/ social media once or twice a month
Volunteer, fundraise, or work for the SU never
Attend club/ society meetings/ sessions once a week or more
Have a lower understanding of the SU than average (62.5% unaware that the SU isn’t a Uni department; 56% unaware that the SU is a charity; 25% unaware that income raised by the SU is reinvested into enhancing student experience; 19% are unaware that you don’t have to pay to register as part of the SU; 25% are unaware that the SU represents students on a local and national level).

5. The Students Union Nottingham City Hospital students have reported:
Wanting to see more SU staff on NCH site SU space.
More help with involving postgraduate students.
To hear more about what the SU is trying to achieve.
Do more to promote University counselling.
Provide a functioning app for all year.
Do more to integrate healthcare site students.
Want more smaller scale ‘Welcome Week’ events at NCH.
Wanting a focus on promoting student safety (especially whilst out drinking etc.).
Feeling ‘at home’ at UoN: 6.5/10
A ‘sense of belonging’ with the SU: 5.2/10

6. Societies and sports Students at Nottingham City Hospital:
IMS: 31% take part, 25% do not, 19% would like to.
Sports clubs: 45% take part, 19% do not, 25% would like to.
Societies: 62% take part, 13% do not, 13% would like to.

7. Personality and preferences
Students from Nottingham City Hospital:
Ranked the following in order of importance to them:
High quality teaching
Standing up for what you believe in
Feeling like you are succeeding on your course
Employability
Having fun at University
Many of these students report liking getting some SU information handed/ presented to them in lectures.

8. Segments Students from Nottingham City Hospital:
Rate highly in Segments 2, 4, 6, & 7
Segment 2 = Confident and Courageous (12.1%)
These students are willing to get involved, but are often less confident than they appear, they balance their time well.
Segment 4 = Social Butterflies (30.3%)
These students like to have fun, and they are willing to get involved in extra-curricular activities.
Segment 6 = Knowledge Seeking Specialists (9.1%)
These students are very interested in their course, and they are looking to meet people with similar interests.
Segment 7 = Work Hard, Play Hard (21.2%)
These students balance their time well, and they are always willing to get involved in new activities (be it social or academic).

9. Personal difficulties
25% of Nottingham City Hospital students report struggling with Mental Health Issues.
Anxiety, depression, and specific learning disorders are amongst some of these issues.
In the past, it has been found that some students studying healthcare subjects are worried about reporting their welfare issues, as a result of fearing it would impact their ‘fitness to practice’.

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11. Next Steps
If you are interested in finding out more about this information, or if you would like the Students’ Union Insight Team to research something else about SUPRA students, contact a member of the Insight Team:
Engagement Analyst:
Customer Insight Manager: