What is the National Student Survey (the NSS)?

Now in its twelfth year, the NSS is a national annual survey of mostly final year undergraduates in the UK. The survey provides students with an opportunity to provide honest feedback on what you liked and didn’t like about your learning experience during your time at Cambridge. Your response will be anonymous.

How do I take part?

During the week of 11 January 2016, eligible* students will be sent an invitation email to complete the survey by Ipsos MORI. You can complete the NSS online or via a mobile device at www.thestudentsurvey.com. The survey closes on 30 April 2016.

Prizes

As an incentive for the students, the University will be doing a prize draw for students who have participated with the following 5 prizes: one double Trinity May Ball ticket, one Ipad Mini, and three £50 cash prizes.

Results

Cambridge’s results are considered in detail by the University centrally, at Faculty Boards and Teaching Committees, and by the Colleges. It provides us with an indication of what we are doing well and what areas could be improved.
The results are also relevant to various league tables and are published nationally so that prospective students can make informed decisions of where and what to study on www.unistats.com/.

To make full use of the results we need to obtain a minimum of 50% of students completing the survey!

*Eligible students at Cambridge include predominately third year undergraduate students for the majority of Triposes. Students enrolled on four year programmes are surveyed in their fourth year. NST students are surveyed at the end of Part II, rather than Part III. Medics and Vets are surveyed in the final year of their clinical course.