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Higher Education

Here you’ll find our library of research and reports into higher education.

Comprehensive Guide to Learning and Teaching (2015)
This publication is a compendium of all NUS’s recent work on learning and teaching enhancement from 2013- 2015. As well as being a resource to support students’ unions lobbying for an improved learning experience for their students, it also outlines our views on what needs to be prioritised for enhancement. DOWNLOAD NOW >
Postgraduates Who Teach (2013)
Here we present a detailed picture of what postgraduates’ experience when they take on teaching responsibilities at their institution. DOWNLOAD NOW >
A Manifesto for Partnership (2013
This manifesto explores what partnership could mean and why students’ unions are so important to partnership approaches. At the heart of this document is the idea that individual civic engagement is strongest when it comes about through the collective, and that strong students’ unions are core to any understanding of partnerships. DOWNLOAD NOW >
Student Experience Research (2012)
The first report from our extensive QAA-funded research project exploring teaching and learning in 21st Century higher education. 
Student Experience Research 2012: Part 1
Student Experience Research 2012: Part 2
Student Experience Research 2012: Part 3
Student Experience Research 2012: Part 4
NUS/HSBC Student Experience Report 2010/11: Full report 
This report discusses the second wave of a programme of research carried out by the NUS and HSBC in May 2010 into students’ expectations and experiences of university. The research looked at a variety of areas, including accommodation, finances, assessment, teaching and resources. As such, this report focuses on the ‘teaching and learning’ element of the research. DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT >

Related publications:

NUS/HSBC Student Experience Report 2010/11: Employability  
NUS/HSBC Student Experience Report 2010/11: School Leavers 
NUS/HSBC Student Experience Report 2010/11: Teaching and Learning 
NUS/HSBC Student Experience Report 2010/11: Internationalisation and Religion