Data Reporting
The pilot Irish National Student Survey will be based on the Australasian study of student engagement (AUSSE). The AUSSE is a suite of instruments that measure engagement and student outcomes...
View ArticleISCED Classification
The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) was designed by UNESCO in the early 1970’s to serve ‘as an instrument suitable for assembling, compiling and presenting statistics of...
View ArticleUsing ISSE Internally
Irish institutions are actively engaging the data generated from the ISSE. Examples of such activities are included in a report: Effective feedback and uses of ISSE data: an emerging picture
View ArticleHow are the results being used??
Wondering how institutions are using results from the ISSE. Check out this report from January 2015 http://studentsurvey.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ISSE-Feedback-Report.pdf
View ArticleISSE 2016 dates
All participating institutions have confirmed dates to open the survey for ISSE 2016. Click here to check yours.
View ArticlePromotional videos
See examples of promotional videos! Check out UCC’s video DCU’s Survey Steve!
View ArticleNew survey questions in use in Feb-Mar
The new, revised, shortened and improved survey questions will be used for the first time from 1 February. Revised ISSE questions
View ArticleISSE subject-based data workshops
The National Forum for Teaching and Learning, in partnership with ISSE, will run the following workshops to highlight how ISSE data can be used to enhance teaching and learning: Science, Maths,...
View ArticleDates for 2017 survey confirmed
Institutions have confirmed dates when the 2017 survey will be open to their students. See here for the list.
View ArticleStudents continue to take part
ISSE is delighted to see that students continue to take part in the 2017 survey. More than 29000 first years, final years and taught postgraduate students have taken part so far in 2017. Twelve...
View ArticleLarge increase in response rate to ISSE
The final number of students who took part in the 2017 survey is 35,850. This represents an increase of over 6600 from 2016 and means that almost 122,000 students have participated in the ISSE since...
View ArticleAdditional video testimonies coming soon
A number of additional video testimonies are in production over the summer (2017). These will add to the voices already available. Check out the views of staff who make use of ISSE data.
View ArticleSurvey for PG Research students
Discussions have begun on development of an ISSE-related survey for postgraduate research students. . Representatives of institutions and students are currently reviewing international examples with...
View ArticleISSE for PGR pre-testing
Pre-testing of the draft questions for ISSE-PGR is taking place in October & November in face to face discussions with postgraduate research students in a range of institutions. The results of...
View ArticleISSE for Postgraduate Research Students
The final question set of ISSE for Postgraduate Research Students has been agreed. These students will be invited to take part in the first national survey designed specifically to reflect the...
View ArticleSurvey dates for 2018
Dates for survey fieldwork in 2018 are now available here. Students in first year & final year undergraduate and in taught postgraduate courses will be invited to take the survey during the dates...
View ArticleWhat do students & staff say about the benefits?
These video commentaries illustrate the benefits of taking part in the survey and of making use of the resulting data to inform and drive improvements in individual institutions and across higher...
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Which survey for me?
First year, final year & taught postgrad students take the “taught” survey. Research Masters and PhD students take the “research” survey.
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