The National Student Survey 2024

What is the NSS?

The NSS is the largest UK wide annual survey aimed at final year undergraduates in the UK. The survey provides you with an opportunity to give their honest opinions on what you liked about your course at York St John as well as things that you feel could have been improved. The survey is administered by Ipsos MORI, an independent market research agency on behalf of the UK Higher Education funding and regulatory bodies, so your responses remain anonymous to your university or college at all times.

You will be asked 27 single choice questions relating to various aspects of your course such as teaching, feedback and assessment, and learning resources. You will also be given the opportunity to provide comments on your overall student experience at your university/college. You may also be asked some additional optional questions specific to your course and your university/college.

In addition, the OfS and the UK funding and regulatory bodies will be testing some alternative questions and response options. Once you have completed the main survey, you may be asked if you’d like to take part in a pilot study and to let us know what you think about these questions. Taking part in the NSS and this pilot study is voluntary.

Why should I take part?

• The NSS provides you with the opportunity to provide honest feedback on your student experience
• Your opinions will be used to improve the student experience at York St John University
• The feedback you submit is taken very seriously and informs the quality assurance system with regards to teaching quality
• Results are published and used by prospective students, their families and advisors to make decisions on what and where to study through course comparison websites like Discover Uni.

More information about the NSS is available at:
https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-students/national-student-survey/

To encourage you to complete the survey, York St John University is offering the following prizes to students who enter the online prize draw before midnight on 30 April 2024:

• 1^st prize – Graduation studio session with Graduation Pack (physical prints in various sizes, including delivery) worth £100, or £100 charitable donation (charity chosen by prize winner)
• 2^nd prize – Graduation studio session with Green Hero Bundle (digital download student portrait and family/group) worth £50, or £50 charitable donation (charity chosen by prize winner
• 3^rd prize – Graduation studio session with Digital Download (student portrait) worth £25, or £25 charitable donation (charity chosen by prize winner).

Winners will be notified by email by the end of May 2024.

What happens with the results?

The NSS results are published to help prospective students, their families and advisors make informed decisions of where and what to study. This is available on Discover Uni.

Universities/colleges and supporting Student Unions also use the data to identify areas of strengths and weaknesses and bring about change to improve the experience for future generations of students.

Inappropriate influence

A student guide on inappropriate influence sets out what the NSS is and how it is promoted by providers. The guide details what may constitute inappropriate influence and the types of promotion universities and colleges are, or are not, allowed to undertake. It provides details on the help and support available to you - if you feel you are being or have been influenced in how to respond to the survey, along with the process in place to investigate allegations of inappropriate influence and what happens in case of a breach of guidance.

What is inappropriate influence?

Survey Privacy Notice

Our privacy notice sets out how we collect, use, store and share your data during student surveys.

Survey Privacy Notice