The 2027 Course-level survey is expected to be open from Monday 1 March until Sunday 28 March. Confirmation of official survey dates will be announced in due course.

Students are eligible to complete the Course-level Survey if they:

• are not currently on placement
• are not currently on a study year abroad
• are not currently in suspense
• are not in their first year of part-time study
• did not enrol in January of the same year that the Course-level Survey is running

BSc Architecture or BSc Business students who are currently on placement are eligible to participate.

Second year FdSc Sports Performance students are eligible for the National Student Survey (NSS) instead.

You can see who is eligible by viewing the target population on the Course-level SharePoint site.

You can see the questions asked in the Course-level Survey. They include:

• course-level approach
• assessment for learning
• organisation and management
• student voice
• sustainability
• learning resources
• wellbeing support
• overall satisfaction
• up to two additional questions
• two free-text comment questions

Constructive feedback

Students appreciate it when you provide detailed, useful and constructive feedback on their assessments to help them improve their marks next time. Similarly, receiving this type of feedback from students will help you better understand what changes could be made to improve your course. Characteristics of constructive student feedback include:

• honest
• specific
• respectful
• solution-focused
• includes the good and the bad
• how to do better next time

Students' comments must be in line with the University's Dignity & Respect Policy and Procedure. We encourage you to report offensive or discriminatory comments to your Head of Department and the Student Engagement Team by emailing studentengagement@bath.ac.uk

When the survey opens, students can be directed to the survey link which will be posted here. They will also be able to access the survey via a QR code, which will be found on the Course-level Survey SharePoint. They will also receive emails from studentengagement@bath.ac.uk

To access the survey, students will need to enter login credentials. These are:

• their University username (without @bath.ac.uk) as the Respondent ID
• their 9-digit student number, which can be found on their library card and SAMIS profile, as the Password

The Course-level 2027 survey is expected to be open from Monday 1 March until Sunday 28 March. Confirmation of official survey dates will be announced in due course.

The University's target response rate is 40%. Having a higher response rate means the results are more representative of your cohort and you can more confidently make decisions about if, and how, you make changes to enhance the student experience.

The University has best practice guidance and promotional resources to help you promote the Course-level Survey to your students.

The most effective way to promote student surveys to your students is allocating time in a teaching session, ideally in-person, to explain the importance of the survey and the changes that have been made as a result of previous students' survey feedback and let students complete the survey there and then. This could be in a mid-lecture break.

Highlight to students that they could win a first prize of £250 cash or second prize of £70 cash if they enter the prize draw by the survey closing date.

You will be able to view the Course-level Survey results for the University by downloading data from the Course-level Survey SharePoint.

Responses are confidential to the Student Engagement Team but are anonymised before being released to the wider university. The anonymised responses will be discussed and used in Staff / Student Liaison Committees (SSLCs), Departmental Education Action Plans and committee meetings.

Think about how to close the feedback loop with your students next academic year. This could involve:

• telling incoming students about changes that were made as a result of previous student survey feedback
• familiarising Academic Reps with existing data in the first SSLC of the academic year
• checking in with students about how their experience is going and if any quick fixes could be made