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NSS Results: Increased student satisfaction

Overall student satisfaction with Warwick has risen to 89% in this year’s National Student Survey(NSS). The University has also seen noteworthy increases in satisfaction in 5 of the 6 main category scores, including a 7% increase in satisfaction with Assessment and Feedback.

Thank you to all the students that took the time to complete the survey, your feedback gives us a clear picture of what your learning experience was like and helps us identify areas of strengths and weaknesses so that we can bring about enhancements to the student experience for current and future students.

The Results

  2014 2013 % change from 2013
Overall Satisfaction 89% 87% +2%
Teaching 89% 87% +2%
Assessment and feedback 72% 65% +7%
Academic Support 81% 79% +2%
Organisation and Management 83% 83% 0%
Learning Resources 90% 88% +2%
Personal Development 83% 81% +2%
Students' Union 79% 76% +3%










Theatre Studies was Warwick's highest scoring department with a 97% overall satisfaction score, closely followed by German Studies at 96%, Economics at 95% and Chemistry at 94%. Other high scoring departments were Film & Television, French Studies, Warwick Business School, History, Statistics, and Psychology all at 93% and Classics and Mathematics on 92%.

Warwick’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Nigel Thrift said:

This success reflects our commitment to provide Warwick students with a high quality research led learning experience, that also equips them to become internationally aware and to leave Warwick inspired and equipped to take on some of our world’s greatest challenges. It also reflects Warwick’s continued reinvestment in its campus to provide the experience that our students expect.”

The NSS is an independent high profile census of nearly half a million final year students at Higher Education and Further Education institutions throughout the UK. The NSS results inform prospective applicants about the student experience at Warwick, and your feedback helps potential students with their decision about where they wish to study.