National Student Survey 2015 gets underway at Imperial

by Jon Narcross

26 January 2015

Imperial's final year undergraduates are invited to share their views, as the National Student Survey 2015 gets underway.

The nationwide survey asks final year undergraduates to rate a range of elements related to their experience at Imperial, including academic support, learning resources and assessment and feedback. This year’s survey is open now and closes on 30 April.

Professor Debra Humphris, the College’s Vice-Provost (Education) said: “I want to encourage our final year students to reflect on their whole experience during their time at Imperial and share their views and ideas in order to leave a lasting contribution. The feedback from the NSS really matters to departments, faculties, the College and Imperial College Union and it’s something we all take seriously in our efforts to continually enhance the experience of our students.”

I want to encourage our final year students to reflect on their whole experience during their time at Imperial

– Professor Debra Humphris

Vice Provost (Education)

The survey’s results are made available later this year. NSS data helps inform key education-focused developments, from departmental action plans aimed at enhancing teaching to the personal and career support available to students.

Imperial College Union also produces a formal response to the survey’s results, to help the College and Union work together on improvements.

Pascal Loose, Imperial College Union’s Deputy President (Education) said: “We want to see as many students as possible complete the survey, last year we had 84% of eligible students respond and I hope we can beat it this year. I would really encourage students to make use of the free text boxes and provide more details on their experiences. The more information the students provide the more reliable and useful the survey will be to both the Union and the College.”

Eligible students can complete the survey at: http://www.thestudentsurvey.com/

The survey is open to all final year undergraduate students at the college. Students moving from a three year degree to a four year one are still required to complete the NSS in their third year. To ensure they don’t miss their chance the College’s Registry has been working to notify all undergraduates who fall into this category.

This year’s survey closes on the 30 April 2015. Eligible students can complete it at: http://www.thestudentsurvey.com/

For students who are not final year undergraduates there are other ways to offer feedback, including through departmental representatives, their lecturers, the Union sabbatical team and the departmental and College-run internal surveys, such as the Student Online Evaluation (SOLE).

SOLE surveys are course evaluations which give students the opportunity to comment on their modules and lecturers. On 17 March students will be invited to complete their end of term SOLE lecturer/module evaluations. Postgraduate Research students will also be invited to take part in the HEA’s national Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PTES) which will run from 2 March to 14 May 2015.

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