The National Student Survey (NSS) asks mainly final year undergraduates to provide feedback on their courses in a nationally recognised format. There are 22 questions, relating to the following aspects of the student learning experience:
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Teaching on course
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Assessment and Feedback
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Academic Support
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Organisation and Management
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Learning Resources
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Personal Development
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Overall Satisfaction
Survey results
The results from the main 22 questions are made available for prospective students and their advisors on the Unistats website to help them make informed choices of what and where to study.
Complete data can also be found: Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
The tables below summarise the University of Birmingham's position compared to other Russell Group Universities. These data are from the 2010 survey; the 2011 results will be posted shortly.
Table of scores 2010
Q1-Q21 (average scores)
Average of Q1-Q21
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University of Birmingham
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4.39
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University of Nottingham
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4.20
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University of Oxford
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4.18
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University of Warwick
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4.16
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University of Leeds
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4.15
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University of Sheffield
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4.15
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University of Liverpool
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4.14
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University of Manchester
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4.14
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University of Bristol
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4.11
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University of Durham
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4.08
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University of Southampton
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4.07
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Cardiff University
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4.05
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University of Edinburgh
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3.98
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University College London
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3.92
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Imperial College London
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3.91
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Q22: "overall, I am satisfied with the quality of the course."
Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of the course.
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University of Birmingham
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4.66
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University of Manchester
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4.57
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University of Liverpool
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4.49
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University of Nottingham
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4.49
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University of Warwick
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4.49
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University of Edinburgh
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4.47
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University of Sheffield
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4.42
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University of Durham
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4.39
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Cardiff University
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4.38
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University of Southampton
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4.34
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University of Leeds
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4.28
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University of Oxford
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4.26
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University of Bristol
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4.24
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University College London
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4.21
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Imperial College London
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4.17
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The University of Birmingham has performed consistently well over the last four years. For further information view the National Student Survey results from 2007 to 2009 (PDF 15KB).