The NSS is a yearly, national survey of final year undergraduates studying at universities across the UK. It is conducted by Ipsos, an independent research agency, and is designed to capture feedback about your learning experience during the entirety of your course, in particular:

teaching on your course
learning opportunities
assessment and feedback
academic support
organisation and management
learning resources
student voice
healthcare, allied health and clinical practice placements (where applicable)
mental wellbeing services
freedom of expression

NSS results are used to compile university league tables to help future students choose a university. They also feed into the government’s Teaching Excellence Framework, which monitors and assesses the quality of teaching in England’s universities.

You should be eligible to take part in the NSS if you:

are in your final year of study on a course longer than one year leading to undergraduate credits (FTE greater than 100) or a qualification such as Bachelor Degree, Foundation Degree, Higher Education Certificate or Diploma
are on a more flexible part-time course (whose final year cannot be easily predicted) and in your fourth year of study.

If you do not complete the NSS after your initial invitation to do so, Ipsos will follow up with you via text message and, approximately three weeks later, on the phone. Once you have completed the survey, you will not be contacted by Ipsos for this purpose again.

You can opt out at any time by contacting Ipsos directly. You will not receive any further emails or personalised messages but will be included in the response rate.

National Student Surveys