Dear all,
Please find below an update on the current response rates for Edinburgh Napier in the 2016 National Student Survey (NSS). The survey is now open to final year undergraduates and was opened to our students on 11 January.
Last week was clearly a busy and productive week. We have seen increases in each school ranging from 8% to 18% and our response rate is now 66% overall, compared with 64% at the same point in the survey in 2015:
In addition to all schools now having over 60% participation rates, we have our first (SACI) to reach 70% with three others not far behind.
A quick analysis reveals that we require less than 100 students to reach 70% overall and just over 200 to reach 75% overall.
Results at both course and subject level are more varied and the most recent detailed response rates (where available) can be accessed by clicking
here.
We had a good discussion on encouraging participation in the NSS at the last Student Experience Committee.
It was agreed that engagement at programme level is key in making a difference and I would encourage you to look at the subject and course level data. There are considerable variations in each school and the detailed reports are helpful in identifying areas to focus on.
At SEC we recognised that many students have now completed the survey and teams were adapting approaches – for example, visiting classes or chatting to students as they left a class. Other areas were planning on asking students if they have completed the NSS at dissertation meetings or when handing in coursework.
Finally ENSA are more than happy to help – please
get in touch with them directly if you would like them or a programme rep to come and speak to a class. They have also been publicising the NSS at their pop up unions.
Further information on the 2016 NSS can be found in the staff briefing which can be accessed by clicking
here.
Thank you to everyone who has supported promotion of this so far, the NSS is really valuable in helping us to achieve our objective of delivering an excellent, personalised student experience.
Regards,
Sandra Cairncross