Advance HE and HEPI publish the annual Student Academic Experience Survey (SAES) today.
This year’s survey shows that students are working harder, have more assignments and are spending more time being taught and in independent learning than last year. But the cost of living crisis is overshadowing the perceptions of their academic experience.
Key findings from this year’s survey, to which there were over 10,000 responses, show:
- 76% of students feel that the cost of living crisis has affected their studies. 50% state that their studies were impacted “a little” and over a quarter (26%) state that their studies were affected “a lot”
- There has been a major increase in the number of students in paid employment, from 45% to 55%
- The average number of hours per week spent in class, fieldwork or studying independently has risen from 30.7 to 33.4
- The proportion who would choose the same course and institution again remains similar at 58%, compared to 59% in 2022
- 37% of students said they received good or very good value for money
- The proportion of students whose experience exceeded expectations increased from 17% to 19%.
