ACADEMY NSS RESOURCES - INTRODUCTIONGosia Kulej Project Co-ordinator (Surveys)9 July, Leeds

Introduction

Academy’s position Areas of work Plans for the future

Academy

Academy strategic aims:1. Identify, develop and disseminate evidence-informed

approaches

2. Broker and encourage the sharing of effective practice

Mission:We support the sector in providing the best possible learning experience for all students

Evidence Informed Practice Team – core strategic function

1. Gather, synthesise and make available relevant evidence

2. Promote the use of evidence-informed approaches to enhance the student learning experience

NSS is an enhancement tool

Areas of work

Broker of HEIs effective practice Institutional case studies Survey conference

Listening to the sector NSS working group HE in FE workshops

National level research Commissioned work

International perspective NSSE

Advise to Hefce/TQI committee NSS development

Additional scales

12 Institutional case studies

Alignment of internal surveys with national surveys

Role in the Enhancement Process Using feedback to drive change Getting to grips with the NSS results:

presenting the statistics in house Aligning the NSS with Institutional Quality

Processes Case studies from FE Colleges?

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/ourwork/research/NSS_institutional_case_studies

Survey conference

NSS annual conference 2006, 2007 and 2008

Survey conference in 2009 (Nottingham, 2 June) All national student experience surveys:

NSS, PTES, PRES, iGraduate Emphasis on use of survey evidence to

enhance students’ experience Sharing effective practice across different

surveys

NSS working group

Intensive work with a small number of HEIs

Articulation of key issues for HEIs Two meetings per year in York Work of the group more visible Going online

abigail.brooks@heacademy.ac.uk

National level research

Paula Surridge reports (Hefce)http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/2008/rd12_08/

Work commissioned by the Academy: Marsh and Cheng (2008) National Student Survey of Teaching in UK

Universities: Dimensionality, Multilevel structure and Differentiation at the Level of University and Discipline: Preliminary Results http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/research/surveys/nss/NSS_herb_marsh-28.08.08.pdf

Williams et al (2008) Exploring the NSS: Assessment and Feedback Issues http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/research/NSS_Assessment_and_Feedback_ExecSummary_31.04.08.pdf

Fielding, A., Charlton, C., Kounali, D and Leckie, G. (2008) Degree attainment,ethnicity and gender: Interactions and the modification of effects. A quantitativeanalysis. http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/research/EDA_Quantitative_Report_March08.pdf

Paula Surridge summary of all these pieces of researchhttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/research/surveys/nss/NSS_three_years_on_surridge_02.06.09.pdf

National level research (2)

Saunders and Machell (2007) Exploratory evaluation of the use of the National Student Survey Results Dissemination Website http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/ourwork/research/NSS_website_evaluation_resource

Academy’s own work: Interpreting National Student Survey (NSS) data using multi-level

modelling. A non-technical guidehttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/research/NSS_interpreting_data_nontechnical_guide.pdf

Additional NSS items

International perspective

Comparative review of national surveys of undergraduate studentshttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/ourwork/research/NSS_comparative_review_resource

Closer look at National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) – USadam.child@heacademy.ac.uk

Advise to Hefce/TQI committee Academy is a part of the NSS steering

group Involvement in NSS/TQI committee

(Teaching Quality Information) Membership of the NSS Research Panel

(Hefce and HESA) Value for money item – discussion panel Involvement in developing new NSS

dissemination website

NSS development

12 new banks of questions Developed by the Academy Piloted in 2007 Assessed in 2008 Also used in 2008 and 2009

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/ourwork/research/NSS_2007_optional_items

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2_June_2009_Survey_Conference_NCSL_Nottingham (PP by Derek Young)

Plans for the future

Student engagement (i.e. NSS) very high on Academy’s agenda for next year (on of the priority areas)

NSS results at subject level Individual reports to each Subject Centre (starting point) Different composition of students’ body in each discipline? More multilevel analysis concerning differences between disciplines

Qualitative comments Scoping exercise

HE in FE support Similar events depending on feedback Representation on the NSS working group …

Evidence Informed Practice Team NSS work remains in EIP remit Team:

Gosia Kulej Abigail Brooks Matthew Watkins

nss@heacademy.ac.uk http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/research/

surveys/nss