Dear colleague, On Monday 5 February 2018, we are launching the National Student Survey (NSS) and the internal Course Experience Survey (CES) to all undergraduate students at the University. The NSS is open to all final year students who have not previously been invited to complete it, and the CES to all first and second […]
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Dear colleague, On Monday 5 February 2018, we will be launching the National Student Survey (NSS) and the internal Course Experience Survey (CES) to all undergraduate students at the University. The NSS is open to all final year students who have not previously been invited to complete it, and the CES to all first and […]
Dear colleague, This week we have launched the National Student Survey (NSS) and the internal Course Experience Survey (CES) to all undergraduate students at the University. The NSS is open to all final year students who have not previously been invited to complete it, and the CES to all first and second year students, plus any […]
The National Student Survey launched at the University of Worcester on 8 February, with a supporting ‘campus takeover’ promotional campaign starting on 9 February. We are aiming for an 80% response rate this year. Completion of the NSS confers many benefits to the University, including the use of NSS data in Key Information Set published […]
There will be a staff briefing on the 2016 National Student Survey on Wednesday 6 January 2016 from 12:30 – 14:00 in the Conference Centre, room CC 004. This is an open meeting aimed particularly at Institute Leads and Course Leaders or others responsible for planning/communicating with students about the NSS in order to provide […]
Colleagues are reminded that all the background information for Annual Evaluation Reports including the NSS data is now available via the folder: O:\All Staff Documents\AQU\ANNUAL EVALUATION INFORMATION\~Annual Evaluation 2014-15 This includes the Graduate Destination information and the UW Student Survey data. These items should provide useful background information for upcoming reporting and action planning. If […]
Both surveys closed on 30th April 2015, and we are very pleased that UW managed to achieve a 75.89% final response rate for the NSS. Huge thanks to all colleagues, StARs, student ambassadors who have planned their approach to the NSS, and encouraged and chivvied students to take part – this is an increase of […]
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National Student Survey 2015 UW Student Survey 2015 Colleagues will be aware that both of the above surveys are now running – the NSS will run until end of April, the UW Student Survey until the end of March. Many thanks for the achievements so far in relation to response rates – we are making […]
The NSS is now open for responses at the University of Worcester. All staff, both academic and in support departments, and at partner colleges running relevant courses, are asked to continue to promote the completion of the survey to final year students to increase participation/response rates; there are many benefits to the University in doing […]
Preparing for the NSS (National Student Survey) and UWSS (University of Worcester Student Survey) 2015: Briefing for Staff Following discussions at the Student Survey Task and Finish Group and at University Executive, it has been agreed that we should set clear aims and targets for the NSS and UWSS, as follows: To significantly improve student […]
From Dr Marie Stowell, Director of Quality and Educational Development Improving your NSS results and Learning from What Works – to take place on Thursday 4th September 2014, 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm, (room EE 2013) This is a seminar for course leaders or others who are considering the NSS and UW Student Survey results […]
The NSS will close on 30th April 2014, and as this week (commencing 7th April 2014) is the last teaching week before Easter, there are only a few days left when students and staff are likely to be face-to-face. We have attached two Powerpoint slides which can be used in lectures to remind students and ask […]
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The University is provided with a weekly update on its response rate for the NSS – we are doing slightly better than last year overall and currently 48% of our eligible students have so far completed the NSS 2014. This compares with the average response rate for institutions with the same start week standing at […]
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On 11th March the University will launch its own survey for students who are not eligible to take part in the NSS (this includes all first and second years on Hons degrees, first years on FD and HNs, top-up students and postgraduate taught students. Details have been issued over the past week, via emails to […]
The NSS is now open for responses at the University of Worcester. All staff, both academic and in support departments, and at partner colleges running relevant courses, are asked to continue to promote the completion of the survey to final year students to increase participation/response rates; there are many benefits to the University in doing […]
The NSS will be launched at the University of Worcester on 3rd February 2014. All staff, both academic and in support departments, and at partner colleges running relevant courses, are asked to promote the completion of the survey to final year students to increase participation/response rates; there are many benefits to the University in doing […]
So far this year we have had a National Student Survey response from 26.3% of eligible final year students, compared to a response rate of 29.6% at the same time last year (with last year 63.9% of eligible students ultimately responding). For more details, including response rates by course, a spreadsheet is available on the […]
So far this year we have had a National Student Survey response from 8.06% of eligible final year students, compared to a response rate of 13.3% at the same time last year (with last year 63.9% of eligible students ultimately responding). For more details, including response rates by course, a spreadsheet is available on the […]
Message from Dr Marie Stowell This year’s NSS is launched at the University of Worcester on 4th February – we encourage all staff to prompt third year students to participate and ‘Speak Up’ – the NSS results are carefully considered and scrutinised across all sections of UW and do impact on our work and influence […]
The last date for responses to this year’s National Student Survey will be Monday 30th April. As you will know it is very important that we encourage as many students as possible to participate; each subject area requires at least 23 respondents and over 50% of the relevant cohort. Academic staff are often best placed […]
This year’s National Student Survey was launched a few weeks ago. Entering its eighth year, the NSS is our final year students’ opportunity to give their opinions on what they liked about their time at Worcester as well as sharing their feedback on things that could be improved. We receive weekly updates on response rates, […]
This year’s NSS is launched at the University of Worcester today (please see attached poster) – we encourage all staff to prompt third year students to participate and ‘Have their say’ – the NSS results are carefully considered and scrutinised across all sections of UW and do impact on our work and influence initiatives. This […]
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