Student voice
Feedback on the student experience is an essential part of quality assurance.
This feedback is used to enhance the quality of current courses and degree programmes as well as the wider educational experience.
Feedback from current students also benefits the future development of the University.
Courses and programmes
All current undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses obtain annual feedback from students.
This information is considered in a number of areas, including the staff-student liaison committee and the School Teaching Committee.
These committees make annual reports to the college committee responsible for quality assurance. The college committees report in turn to Senate Quality Assurance Committee.
Annual course monitoring feedback is used in internal University reviews of the quality of teaching in a subject area: Teaching Programme Reviews or Postgraduate Programme Reviews.
This student feedback is also used in reviews by professional, statutory and regulatory body visits or accreditation exercises.
Student Experience Forum
The Student Experience Forum allows the Students’ Association and the University administration to discuss matters of common concern.
The emphasis is on enhancing the quality of the student experience.
Surveys
Schools and student support services survey their students as part of the ongoing enhancement process.
Principles for learning from and responding to the student voice
The policy establishes key principles for gathering student opinion on their experience of academic life and the wider service offering and for responding to the student voice.
This article was published on Mar 11, 2013