Student satisfaction with courses at several elite UK universities is being hampered by poor feedback and assessment practices, a new analysis has suggested.
Many highly regarded institutions – including several members of the Russell Group – languished towards the bottom of a Times Higher Education table comparing overall performance in this year’s National Student Survey (NSS), in contrast with their often high position in global rankings.
The universities of Edinburgh, Leeds and Manchester, as well as King’s College London, Cardiff University and Queen Mary, University of London, all featured outside the top 100 for student positivity.
These institutions fared similarly to other higher education providers in five of the survey’s seven different themes – teaching, learning opportunities, academic support, organisation and management, and learning resources.
