Why is it so difficult for most institutions to do well in both the NSS national student satisfaction survey, and in the green league? Only Exeter has managed to get close to squaring this circle recently by being 13th in the green league (2013) and 7th in the most recent (2014) NSS rankings – or 5th, if you exclude* the two very small institutions that perch uneasily on top. Might it be something in the water in the River Exe? Or should we look to institutional management?
Other green league success stories, don't fare so well
Green League
1st. MMU – NSS ranking: 121
2nd. Plymouth – NSS ranking: 94
3rd. Gloucestershire – NSS ranking: 104
4th. Worcester – NSS ranking: 125
5th. Brighton – NSS ranking: 127
It is, of course, quite possibly to do badly in both, but I'll spare those institution's blushes. They know who they are. It's a fair bet, however, that none of the following institutions would swop their good national student satisfaction scores for their (mostly poorish) green league ones:
NSS*
1st. Bath – GL ranking: 81
2nd. Keele – GL ranking: 59
3rd. St Andrews – GL ranking: 81
4th. UEA – GL ranking: 28
5th. Exeter – GL ranking: 13
But what about those doing less well? For example, would Gloucestershire prefer to be 3rd for student satisfaction (as opposed to 104th).
You bet!
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