The student learning experience2013 Survey

Bahram BekhradniaDirector, HEPI

10 May 2013

Scheduled hours of teaching by subject (2006, 2007, 2012 & 2013)

Med

icine &

dentistr

y

Subjec

ts all

ied to

med

icine

Veterin

ary, A

gricu

lture

& relat

ed

Engin

eerin

g & te

chnology

Physical

scien

ces

Math

emati

cal sc

iences

& Computer

scien

ce

Archite

cture,

building &

planning

Biological

scien

ces

Creative

arts

& design

Educati

on

Business

& ad

ministrati

ve st

udies

Combined

Mass

communica

tions & docu

mentati

on La

w

Socia

l studies

Langu

ages

Historic

al & philo

sophica

l studies

All subjec

ts0

5

10

15

20

25

2013 2012 2007 2006

* FIRST AND SECOND YEARS ONLY

Students do mind – a bit

Proportion of hours of teaching by group sizes and number of contact hours

26%

10%

7%

10%

10%

20%

18%

24%

30%

23%

26%

31%

35%

37%

34%

13%

18%

17%

14%

16%

16%

23%

17%

9%

17%

30+ scheduled contact hours

20-29 scheduled contact hours

10-19 scheduled contact hours

0-9 scheduled contact hours

All students

0 to 5 students 6 to 15 students 16 to 50 students 51 to 100 students More than 100 students

Total study by subject (private study + attended hours)

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

40.0

Attended hours Private study

Student workload by subject – highest and lowest institutional mean hours per week

Lowest

institutional

mean

Highest

institutional

mean

Median

institutional

mean value

Medicine and dentistry 32.7 49.8 36.3

Subjects allied to medicine 25.3 44.2 34.0

Biological sciences 20.2 46.3 28.2

Veterinary sciences, agriculture &

related subjects34.7 45.5 39.2

Physical sciences 22.8 47.0 31.0

Mathematical & Computer Sciences 23.1 44.0 30.7

Engineering and technology 20.6 47.2 34.5

Social studies 20.0 43.0 25.3

Law 21.5 47.2 29.5

Business and administrative studies 15.9 39.2 24.8

Languages 22.9 42.1 28.1

Historical and philosophical studies 19.3 44.6 27.1

Creative arts and design 22.9 43.0 31.2

Education 21.1 36.6 26.8

All subjects 15.9 49.8 29.6

Mean scheduled hours by mean private hours for subject areas within institutions

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Mea

n Pr

ivat

e H

ours

Mean Scheduled Hours

high scheduled & high private low scheduled & high privatelow scheduled & low privatehigh scheduled & low private

Students – in universities of all kinds – are very satisfied with the quality of their courses

All students

Home/EU students

Non-EU students

2%

2%

10%

10%

11%

51%

50%

56%

37%

37%

31%

Don't know Not at all satisfied Not very satisfied Fairly satisfied Very satisfied

Value for Money is rather different (but not unexpected)

7%

9%

10%

6%

19%

20%

20%

17%

35%

31%

32%

27%

31%

33%

32%

38%

8%

8%

7%

12%

All overseas students

All Home/ EU first years*

All Home/ EU first years* who

pay £8,000 or more

All Home/ EU first years* who

pay less than £8,000

Very poor value for money Poor value for moneyNeither poor nor good value for money Good value for moneyVery good value for money