National Student Survey - NSS

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This page contains data from the National Student Survey.

National Student Survey results 2020

The UK funding and regulatory bodies are committed to making the NSS data more accessible and have therefore developed the following visualisation tool.

The tool contains data which is also available through results spreadsheets. Jump to the NSS 2020 results spreadsheets.

The visualisations have been developed to help users access the NSS results and will continue to be improved based on user feedback.

National Student Survey results spreadsheets 2020

2020 NSS summary data (updated 16 December 2020)

2020 All NSS questions benchmarked by teaching and registering provider (updated 16 December 2020)

2020 NSS results by teaching provider for all providers (updated 16 December 2020)

2020 NSS results by teaching provider (full-time) (updated 16 December 2020)

2020 NSS results by teaching provider (part-time) (updated 16 December 2020)

2020 NSS results by registering provider for all providers (updated 16 December 2020)

2020 NSS results by registering provider (full-time) (updated 16 December 2020)

2020 NSS results by registering provider (part-time) (updated 16 December 2020)

These 2020 results use the Common Aggregation Hierarchy (CAH) for subject breakdowns.

Providers can access a breakdown of their National Student Survey results through the NSS data dissemination portal, managed by Texuna Technologies.

Arrangements for the publication of the 2020 data were published in May 2020.

Analysis of the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on the NSS 2020 results

This year, given the pressures and uncertainties universities and colleges faced in responding to coronavirus, the UK funding and regulatory bodies kept the NSS 2020 under review.

The UK funders and regulators also committed to analyse the data to assess any impact the coronavirus outbreak has had on the results and make professional judgements about its statistical reliability.

Having completed an assessment of the impact, the UK funding and regulatory bodies are assured that the quality of the data is suitable for publication. The accompanying documentation explains the analysis and the findings.

Read the analysis

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Last updated 16 December 2020 + show all updates

16 December 2020: Routine update of 2020 NSS data, to include data amendments and account for provider mergers since the data was first published.
14 October 2020: Routine update of 2020 NSS data, to include data amendments and account for provider mergers since the data was first published.
15 July 2020: Page updated with the results of the 2020 NSS
19 February 2020: Routine update to 2019 NSS data

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