NSS 2010

Hello Readers,

As of the 1st February the National Student Survey (NSS) is up and running again for another year, and we are looking for your views! The NSS is a means for final year* undergraduate students to leave anonymous comments about your learning experiences as a whole at the University of Bolton.

Students who complete the survey ONLINE at WWW.THESTUDENTSURVEY.COM from the 1st February to 28th February 2010 will be entered into a prize draw to win one of the following prizes:

1 x laptop worth £400.00
1 x ipod touch worth £150.00
4 x Amazon Vouchesr worth £50.00 each

You must be a final year* undergraduate student to enter the survey.

To any final year student reading this who hasn’t been enticed by the incentives above, you may be swayed by the fact that the Students’ Union relies heavily on the data from the NSS to help inform and direct its campaigns and lobbying on behalf of students, we really value your opinion and your help at this time.

In 2008, students reported that they were unhappy about the level of feedback they received on their work. The Students' Union worked hard to lobby this issue with the University and believe that by doing this we encouraged the University to do something about it.

In the summer of 2009, the University held their annual staff conference which focused on feedback and assessment. The University has also developed a feedback and assessment action plan for the academic Schools. Hopefully, student satisfaction with feedback and assessment should begin to change with University developments in this area.

Also if you want to find out what the University has and are doing in each school about the results and issues raised from last year’s NSS, then click here.

* Students on more flexible part-time programmes (whose final year cannot be easily predicted) will be surveyed during their fourth year of study. Students who were due to be in their final year in 2010, but have withdrawn or are repeating their penultimate year, will be included in the survey.

Ciao,

Rob
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