Student survey endorses teaching at York again

Posted on 10 September 2009

York First Again in NSS

NSS Results from 2007 - 2009

For the National Student Survey 2009, students were asked whether they agreed with 21 statements about the quality of their degree programmes divided into six sections. The scores for Archaeology (and ranking of the 21 Archaeology Departments) for each category are:

  2007 2008 2009 Rank
Teaching on my course 93%
98%
 99%
1
Assessment and Feedback 76%
84%
 88%
1
Academic Support 86%
93%
 97%
2
Organisation & Management 86%
94%
 82%
8
Learning Resources 80%
84%
 86%
4
Personal Development 93%
94%
 96%
1
Overall Satisfaction 97%
95%
 96%
8

With an average score of 92% across all areas, York ranked 1st overall.

National averages are now listed on the HEFCE website and full details will be available at Unistats, the university comparison site.

The Department also was awarded a 'perfect' score (24/24) by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education