GuildHE comments on National Student Survey

18 August 2010

The National Student Survey, published today, has endorsed the positive view from the student customers for Higher Education, with 82% confirming overall satisfaction with their experience. Commenting on the outcome, Alice Hynes GuildHE ceo said:

"We are delighted to see continuing high levels of satisfaction among students at our member institutions. We all know that times are going to be tough for students graduating this year. These figures show once again that students at our institutions feel they have had a good experience. As they graduate this summer, they will be well positioned to compete in the job market. Other sectors must look with envy at the satisfaction ratings achieved by higher education institutions.

"The pity is that all too often the excellent results achieved by the smaller institutions – institutions like St Mary's University College Belfast and the Royal Agricultural College – are not picked up in the media because of an emphasis on the larger, traditional universities. GuildHE member institutions have a good track record and good practice to share – we would like to make sure that prospective students have the opportunity to see the full diversity of the sector."