The HEPI–HEA Student Academic Experience Survey 2014 Nick Hillman and Paul Bennett

15,046 respondents from YouthSights Student Panel The panel itself recruits members via UCAS Sample comprises: - Full-time undergraduates in all year groups - From higher education institutions across the UK that receive public funding Weightings are applied to results Online survey, open 24 February – 26 March 2014 Main changes for 2014: - New ONS questions on wellbeing - Improved answer options for some questions 2 The survey

Key findings

How satisfied are you with your life nowadays? To what extent do you feel the things you do in your life are worthwhile? How happy did you feel yesterday? General population77%81%72% Population aged %78%70% Student population74%72%62% 4 Personal wellbeing of students Percentages are those answering 7 or higher on a scale where 1 = not at all and 10 = completely

5 Satisfaction with course quality

6 Experience compared with expectations

7 Experience worse than expectations if…

8 Course choices and information Whether students would have chosen differently knowing what they do now Views on information provided by the institution before commencement

9 Perceived benefit of different sized classes

10 Hours spent in different sized classes

11 Hours spent in different sized classes

12 Reasons for missing classes

13 Total workload

14 Perceived value for money

15 Impact of new fees on perceived VFM First and second years studying in England who are from England, Northern Ireland or Scotland

16 Impact on experience vs expectations First and second years studying in England who are from England, Northern Ireland or Scotland

17 Students views on spending priorities

The HEPI–HEA Student Academic Experience Survey 2014 Nick Hillman and Paul Bennett

The HEPI–HEA Student Academic Experience Survey 2014 Nick Hillman and Paul Bennett