2013 National Student SurveyA briefing for School NSS contacts

Agenda

• Brief overview of 2012 survey• Presentation from the School of Earth &

Ocean Sciences• Presentation from School of Medicine• 2013 survey• Presentation from the Students’ Union• Responding to feedback

2012 Overview – (Responses)

• Achieved a response rate of 78%

• Every School within Cardiff achieved 70%

• Range of School response rates within Cardiff– Highest 95% – Lowest 70%

2012 Overview – (Performance)

2012 National Student Survey agreement scores for Cardiff University

Thematic heading    

2012 mean percentage agreement

2011 mean percentage agreement

The teaching on my course   89 87 ▲

Assessment and feedback   67 60 ▲

Academic Support   82 78 ▲

Organisation & Management   82 79 ▲

Learning resources   89 86 ▲

Personal development   82 79 ▲

Overall satisfaction   89 86 ▲

I am happy with the Students' Union   83 - -

2012 Overview – (Performance)

2012 NSS Cardiff University benchmarking group league positions

2012   2011   2010

      Wales (n=10)Russell Group

(n=24)Sector

(n=157)* Wales (n=11)Russell Group

(n=20)Sector (n=157)* Wales (n=11)

Russell Group (n=20)

Sector (n=157)*

The teaching on my course 1 8 30 3 9 44 2 9 36

Assessment and feedback 8 10 109 10 16 137 11 15 139

Academic support   1 6 35 5 8 63 4 7 49

Organisation and management 1 9 27 2 13 39 2 13 36

Learning resources   1 5 12 1 8 22 1 5 11

Personal development   2 9 67 8 15 105 5 8 68

Overall Satisfaction   1 5 28 2 10 41 2 9 36

I am satisfied with the Students' Union 1 3 5 - - - - - -

* Includes HEI's only

Institutional response to results

• University pleased with the high level of student satisfaction • a lot of work required to maintain this level

• Schools asked to produce NSS action plans• College based NSS review Group

Institutional response to results

EARTH Presentation

MEDIC Presentation

Promoting the 2013 survey

*GO LIVE – 28 JANUARY 2013*

MULTI MODAL APPROACH

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Ipsos MORI contact schedule

• Initial email invitations - w/c 28/01/2013• Email reminders - w/c 04/02/2013• SMS messages - w/c 11/02/2013• Telephone - w/c 11/02/2013• Postal surveys* - w/c 18/02/2013

Institutional level contact

• Use of “Blas” to inform colleagues of the survey• General email to students in the new year• Message board and web• Monitoring of response rates• Reports sent out weekly to Schools

• Specific cohort emails where required (students respond best to local requests)

• Students’ Union support

School level contact

• Ensure academics are aware of the importance of helping to raise the profile of the survey

• Student newsletters• Email• Dedicated time in lectures / lab sessions to

complete survey• Post reminders on Learning Central• Launch / re-launch events (plan timing)• Utilise the Students’ Union and academic rep’s

Visible promotion

• Utilise materials supplied by Ipsos MORI• Bilingual posters• PowerPoint presentation• Desktop wall-papers• Screen savers

• INSRV support

Key messages

• The survey is anonymous • Opportunity for students to have their say at a

national level• Will help drive change and implement

enhancement measures

What not to promote

• The survey is about the students own opinion and not one ‘forced’ upon them

• DO NOT • advertise enhancements and promote

completion of the survey in the same communication

• make a link between responses and perceived value of an individual’s degree

• influence student opinion

Responses and incentives

• Reportable threshold: minimum of 23 respondents and 50% of cohort

• Maintain high level of response

• University level prize draw – 20 x £50• School incentives

School level incentives

• University has agreed, in principle, to allow Schools to offer a local incentive

• It is not mandatory for any School to participate• Interested Schools MUST CONTACT REGISTRY

before promoting • Issues and pitfalls• Promotion material/messages• Conform to MRS principles

Survey content

• Same core statements as 2012 as well as opportunity to leave comments

• Additional question banks• Careers• Work Placement• Course Delivery• Feedback from students• Workload• Welfare resources and Facilities

• Additional questions• My University provides buildings which meet my expectations• If there was one thing that the University could do to improve your learning

experience, what would it be?

SUON Presentation

Responding to student feedback

Responding to student feedback

• The NSS is only one source of student feedback!

• Examples of good practice within Schools• Student Newsletters (CARBS/EARTH/MATHS)• Creating a ‘community’ and student away days (JOMEC)• Focus Groups (CLAWS/CPLAN/MEDIC/PHYSX/SONMS)• Developing understanding through communication

• Feedback week (BIOSI)• School Facebook forum PSYCH)• Electronic discussion forum (SOHCS)

www.cardiff.ac.uk/learning/engaging-students/student-surveys/nss/good-practice/

• If you are offering a ‘local’ incentive CONTACT REGISTRY by 21/12/2012

• GO LIVE – 28 JANUARY 2013

•Minimum response rate of 23 students and 50% of the cohort

Reminder