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Students highly satisfied with Environment at York

Posted on 19 September 2014

An outstanding 97% of our students are happy with the quality of their degree at the Environment Department in York

The 2014 National Student Survey (NSS) has recently published its findings, and there is some excellent news for the Environment Department. 97% of respondents indicated that they were satisfied with the quality of their course – that's up by 2% on our results of last year. In addition, there are plenty of other indicators in the survey that students in the Environment Department are increasingly happy with their experience in York. For example, students are increasingly happy with:  

 

  • The way staff explain things (98%).
  • The fact that their degree improves their communication skills (88%).
  • The clarity of assessment criteria (93%).
  • The fairness of our marking (88%).
  • Accessibility of IT resources (91%). 

Overall, these are very encouraging scores, and are a great indication of the high-quality learning experience available to students in the Environment Department in York.