National Student Survey

As part of the ongoing improvements and reflection on student comments throughout the last year, we have made the following changes:

In relation to your academic experience, we are: 

• • Establishing a Personal Academic Tutor Lead in each School and a forum (with SU representation) to share best practice on PAT
  •  Reducing the number of classes timetabled into the late evening and reviewing timetables for impact on student travel
  • Working with the Students’ Union to develop and support new academic societies across all subject areas
  • Further developing support for students in relation to employability skills and career planning through MyCareer

To facilitate better access to support for health and well-being support, we are:

• • Redesigning Welcome Week to be inclusive of students who commute and with a specific focus on making friends
  • Holding induction and welcome activities for our students who arrive in January 
  • Providing the CallMy app that students can use in the event of an emergency on campus to summon help and TalkWorc - our 24/7 text support service with Shout

To help with the cost of living, we are:

• • Installing microwaves and kettles across campus to allow students to ‘Heat and Eat’
  • Hosting Repair Cafes to support our sustainability agenda as well as helping to manage costs for students
  • Enabling more students to join Clubs and Societies through the ‘Get Involved’ initiative which provides £50 towards memberships

In relation to assessment and feedback, we have taken a number of steps:

• • Introducing lecture capture technology
  • Development of ‘how to videos’ to help students use the VLE (Blackboard) and Turnitin
  • Guidance for staff on what ‘good feedback’ on assessments looks like
  • Reviewing our Library Service Standards to continue to improve the service we provide to students