The National Student Survey (NSS) is open to final year undergraduate students and is your chance to have your say about your University experience. It also provides you with the opportunity to tell us how you feel things could be improved.
The NSS is a nationally recognised annual survey of final year undergraduates in the UK. The survey provides students with an opportunity to give their opinions on what they liked about their time at University as well as things they felt could have been improved.
The survey is administered by Ipsos MORI, an independent market research agency, so answers remain anonymous at all times.
For every student who completes the survey online, the University will donate £1 to its chosen charity Shelter Cymru.
There are 10 prizes of £100 worth of Amazon vouchers to be awarded randomly to 10 students who enter the online survey prize draw before midnight on 30th April 2022.
Winners will be notified by email on 13th May 2022 after the survey has closed.
You can find the NSS survey online at www.thestudentsurvey.com.
Your course leader will talk to you in advance about the survey. On or around the 31st January, you will receive an invitation email to complete the survey from Ipsos MORI. Later, non-respondents to the email invitation will also be contacted by post or by telephone.
The NSS results are published to help prospective students make informed decisions of where and what to study. The University and the Students’ Union also use the data to identify areas of strengths and weakness. This enables the University to focus efforts on improving the student experience for future generations of students.
Data from previous surveys is available on Discover Uni.
Your response is anonymous, so your answers can reflect your genuine perceptions of your experience. There’s no need to worry about your contact details being passed on; they will only be used for the purposes of the NSS and are destroyed shortly after.
A message from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor
"My name is Donna Whitehead and I’m the Deputy Vice-Chancellor here at USW.
"A key focus of my role is to ensure that we are providing an outstanding experience for all our students; the feedback that we receive during this survey is incredibly important and it helps us to understand where we are doing well and where we should improve. The questions are about your experience over the duration of your studies and you will have an opportunity to feed back on key areas including the teaching, assessment and feedback and academic support you have experienced throughout your time as a student.
"Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey."
