University Campus Suffolk achieves high levels of satisfaction amongst students
Aug 13 2009 12:00AM
For the first time, students at University Campus Suffolk (UCS) have been able to express their opinions on the quality of their degree courses through the National Student Survey. UCS achieved an impressive overall student satisfaction score of 80%, competing with results obtained by more established institutions across the UK.
The results show that UCS, one of the UK’s newest higher education institutions (HEI), is in line with the national average for overall satisfaction amongst students studying HE in England (81%). This result has been acknowledged as a great success for such a new organisation still under development. The survey is carried out among final year students each year. The results for UCS are particularly pleasing as the students surveyed had, in many cases, started their degrees which other institutions and been transferred across to UCS during their courses. Further more the facilities at UCS were only being developed during this time.
Students are asked to comment on a wide range of areas in the survey, with UCS students most satisfied with the quality of explanations from staff (88%) and the enthusiasm of staff about the subjects that they teach (85%). Part-time students, who make up a significant part of the UCS student body, awarded a satisfaction rating of 86%.
Richard Lister, Executive Director for UCS said "Considering that our students have only been in our new Waterfront Campus since last September, and the number of changes that have taken place over the last year at UCS, this is a great result for us all". He added "We are an institution in the early stages of development, and this result has confirmed that we are heading in the right direction". "However, we know we can improve and we are determined to do so. It is our ambition to consistently offer the best student experience we can at UCS and we will be focusing on improving our position in this survey".