Our students rate us highly

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The NSS results are really important

They give you an idea of what real customers - the students themselves - think of their university

Six different subject areas at Derby rank in the top ten nationally for overall student satisfaction.

Take a look at our latest National Student Survey (NSS) results.

They show that students continue to be happy with what we're doing for them.

We maintained an overall satisfaction score of 79%.

'The teaching on my course' remains Derby's strongest area in the survey. We've also shown strong improvements in our scores for 'Organisation and management' and 'Learning resources'.

This means that our students are really happy with our courses and tutors, as well as the support they're getting from staff.

Many of our subjects came in the top 10

  • History (97% satisfaction and joint sixth best overall)
  • Initial Teacher Training (94% satisfaction and joint third best overall)
  • Music (94% satisfaction and joint fourth best overall)
  • Marketing (91% satisfaction and joint fifth best overall)
  • Academic studies in education (91% satisfaction and seventh best overall)
  • Law (91% satisfaction, scoring over 90% for the past five years

There were significantly improved scores for:

  • English studies (77% to 92%)
  • Accounting (70% to 88%)
  • Media Studies (67% to 80%)

We're improving all the time

Percentage of our students who were satisfied, 2008 to 2010

200820092010
Teaching on my course82%84%82%
Assessment and feedback66%68%67%
Academic support69%74%72%
Organisation and management68%66%70%
Learning resources74%75%78%
Personal development76%79%79%
Overall satisfaction76%79%79%

The work doesn't stop though!

We're keen to keep improving so our Student Experience Strategy Group will be reviewing these results and working with faculties and departments to improve student satisfaction again for next year.

More about the NSS

At the end of the year, all final year students at universities across the country are invited to provide anonymous feedback about their course and institution, in particular how they rate the quality of teaching and assessment on their course.

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