Student Evaluations
Each module is evaluated as it comes to an end by means of an anonymous questionnaire. The questionnaires will normally ask you for tick-only responses to most questions, and use a rating scale to assess your experience of different aspects of the module, but we also encourage you to provide more detailed responses or free-form comments. Additionally final-year students are asked about core courses, the syllabus as a whole and their judgement of their time as an undergraduate. Problems are addressed promptly by the Head of Department or through the department committees.
Issues arising from course evaluations are discussed by the relevant committees and at the Department meeting, while individual tutors also respond to module evaluations in developing the delivery and content of their modules from year to year. Actions taken in response to the evaluations and student satisfaction surveys are advertised on History Online, accessed through MOLE, to keep all students in the Department informed.
| Participating in other evaluation processes |
In addition to the student evaluation operated by the departments, you may also be asked to participate in other surveys throughout your study. Many final year students take part in the National Student Survey (NSS), which seeks views from students on their overall satisfaction with their programme of study. The results of this survey, which was run for the first time in 2005, are published. The University also runs an Annual Student Satisfaction Survey towards the end of semester 1, which all categories and levels of students are offered the opportunity to complete. This evaluates student satisfaction with the broad range of University services, for example, library and IT facilities, and also includes questions on academic support. The University also uses these survey results, in addition to those at departmental level, to gauge how well departments are performing.