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ACADEMY NSS RESOURCES - INTRODUCTIONGosia Kulej Project Co-ordinator (Surveys)9 July, Leeds
Introduction
Academy’s position Areas of work Plans for the future
Academy
Academy strategic aims:1. Identify, develop and disseminate evidence-informed
approaches
2. Broker and encourage the sharing of effective practice
Mission:We support the sector in providing the best possible learning experience for all students
Evidence Informed Practice Team – core strategic function
1. Gather, synthesise and make available relevant evidence
2. Promote the use of evidence-informed approaches to enhance the student learning experience
NSS is an enhancement tool
Areas of work
Broker of HEIs effective practice Institutional case studies Survey conference
Listening to the sector NSS working group HE in FE workshops
National level research Commissioned work
International perspective NSSE
Advise to Hefce/TQI committee NSS development
Additional scales
12 Institutional case studies
Alignment of internal surveys with national surveys
Role in the Enhancement Process Using feedback to drive change Getting to grips with the NSS results:
presenting the statistics in house Aligning the NSS with Institutional Quality
Processes Case studies from FE Colleges?
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/ourwork/research/NSS_institutional_case_studies
Survey conference
NSS annual conference 2006, 2007 and 2008
Survey conference in 2009 (Nottingham, 2 June) All national student experience surveys:
NSS, PTES, PRES, iGraduate Emphasis on use of survey evidence to
enhance students’ experience Sharing effective practice across different
surveys
NSS working group
Intensive work with a small number of HEIs
Articulation of key issues for HEIs Two meetings per year in York Work of the group more visible Going online
National level research
Paula Surridge reports (Hefce)http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/2008/rd12_08/
Work commissioned by the Academy: Marsh and Cheng (2008) National Student Survey of Teaching in UK
Universities: Dimensionality, Multilevel structure and Differentiation at the Level of University and Discipline: Preliminary Results http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/research/surveys/nss/NSS_herb_marsh-28.08.08.pdf
Williams et al (2008) Exploring the NSS: Assessment and Feedback Issues http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/research/NSS_Assessment_and_Feedback_ExecSummary_31.04.08.pdf
Fielding, A., Charlton, C., Kounali, D and Leckie, G. (2008) Degree attainment,ethnicity and gender: Interactions and the modification of effects. A quantitativeanalysis. http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/research/EDA_Quantitative_Report_March08.pdf
Paula Surridge summary of all these pieces of researchhttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/research/surveys/nss/NSS_three_years_on_surridge_02.06.09.pdf
National level research (2)
Saunders and Machell (2007) Exploratory evaluation of the use of the National Student Survey Results Dissemination Website http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/ourwork/research/NSS_website_evaluation_resource
Academy’s own work: Interpreting National Student Survey (NSS) data using multi-level
modelling. A non-technical guidehttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/research/NSS_interpreting_data_nontechnical_guide.pdf
Additional NSS items
International perspective
Comparative review of national surveys of undergraduate studentshttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/ourwork/research/NSS_comparative_review_resource
Closer look at National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) – [email protected]
Advise to Hefce/TQI committee Academy is a part of the NSS steering
group Involvement in NSS/TQI committee
(Teaching Quality Information) Membership of the NSS Research Panel
(Hefce and HESA) Value for money item – discussion panel Involvement in developing new NSS
dissemination website
NSS development
12 new banks of questions Developed by the Academy Piloted in 2007 Assessed in 2008 Also used in 2008 and 2009
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/ourwork/research/NSS_2007_optional_items
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2_June_2009_Survey_Conference_NCSL_Nottingham (PP by Derek Young)
Plans for the future
Student engagement (i.e. NSS) very high on Academy’s agenda for next year (on of the priority areas)
NSS results at subject level Individual reports to each Subject Centre (starting point) Different composition of students’ body in each discipline? More multilevel analysis concerning differences between disciplines
Qualitative comments Scoping exercise
HE in FE support Similar events depending on feedback Representation on the NSS working group …
Evidence Informed Practice Team NSS work remains in EIP remit Team:
Gosia Kulej Abigail Brooks Matthew Watkins
[email protected] http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/research/
surveys/nss