1. What is the National Student Survey (NSS)?

2. What is the NSS?
Commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) on behalf of all the funding bodies
Annual survey of final year undergraduates across the UK
Quick and easy to complete
Conducted by Ipsos MORI

3. The NSS asks a range of questions about your course experience
What will the NSS ask me?
The NSS asks a range of questions about your course experience
Academic support
Organisation & management
Learning resources
Learning community
Student voice
Overall satisfaction
The teaching on my course
Learning opportunities
Assessment & feedback

4. How are the results used?
The NSS results are made publicly available to help prospective students make informed decisions of where and what to study.
Institutions are provided with the anonymised data to help them identify areas where they are doing well, as well as areas for development, for the purpose of improving the student learning experience for future generations of students.

5. www.thestudentsurvey.com Examples include:
As a result of what students have said, institutions have made changes:
Examples include:
Reviewed and improved access to IT resources, study spaces and textbooks and e- books
Improved support measures such as personal tutorial sessions and enhanced induction programmes
Enhanced teacher- student communications
Made timetable improvements and explored course content and design
Provided additional study opportunities to develop key skills and offered enhanced careers support

6. The survey is undertaken independently by Ipsos MORI
You can now complete the NSS online using a PC, smartphone or tablet
At no point will students be identified to their institution - your responses to the survey are anonymised

7. To take part……. www.thestudentsurvey.com
The NSS respects student privacy and your responses will remain confidential
Scanning the NSS Quick Response code with your smartphone (you may need to download a free QR reader app)
Go to
Ipsos MORI will send you an inviting you to take part in the survey during [survey start week]