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The latest National Student Survey report is published today and shows an increase in the number of students at Scottish universities reporting overall satisfaction with their course.
The survey is one of the largest of its kind in the world and asks students across the whole of the UK questions on a wide range of issues including teaching and assessments, library resources and access to information about mental health support services.
Just under 346,000 UK final year students responded this year with 26,000 respondents coming from universities north of the border. Their answers help to provide useful information for future students as well as supporting universities in their work towards continuous improvement of the student experience.
The percentage of students at Scottish universities saying that, overall, they were satisfied with their course rose by 1% against the 2023 figure to 78%. However, this remains below pre-pandemic levels; the 2020 figure was 85%.
Scottish universities scored particularly highly in responses to the question: “How good are teaching staff at explaining things?” where 92% of respondents responded positively. They also scored strongly in questions about the contribution of library resources to learning (91 % responding positively) and the ease of accessing things like equipment, software and facilities (an 87% positive response).
The full results of the 2024 National Student survey are now available on the website of the Office for Students.
