The National Student Survey (NSS) results for 2026 have been released!

What is the NSS?

The National Student Survey asks final year undergraduate students across the UK on an annual basis to share their views on their academic support, teaching and assessments, and the wider student experience. To view the overall headlines nationwide click here, where you can also download the data for yourself, UWE specific breakdowns can be found here. Below are some of the figures that we're particularly proud of here at The Students’ Union at UWE:

• Overall UWE Bristol as a university, has increased their “Teaching on my Course” score from 86.0% last year to 86.9%
• 26 programmes achieved a score of 95% or above, with 15 programmes showing significant improvement (increase of 10% or more) since the 2025 results
• All themes and questions have a higher score this year than in 2025
• Organisation of the course had the highest increase (4%) with timeliness & effectiveness of feedback and university mental wellbeing support services also receiving increased scores (3%)

The UWE average for the “teaching on my course” section (overall satisfaction) has improved again!

(2024 – 83.5%, 2023 – 82.7%)

What do these tables mean? The university has seen a 0.9% increase in overall satisfaction, building on the 2.5% increase seen in the 2025 results. UWE is now trending higher than the national average which is great to see that students at UWE enjoy the teaching on their course higher than the average student.

Student voice (How well students perceive their feedback is taken seriously and ability to give feedback)

(2024 – 72.0%, 2023 – 70.0%)

What do these tables mean? Student voice relates to how well students perceive they can give feedback on their course, whether that is through their Student Reps, Lead School Reps or interactions with Students’ Union staff and directly with UWE Bristol academic staff. This question represents the work of many staff and students across UWE and The Student’s Union. After a large 6% increase last year in student voice, students’ perception of their voice being heard continues to increase. This score is slightly below the average score but is not significant. We will continue to work in partnership with UWE Bristol through the framework established as a result of jour joint reimagining representation project.

The SU question (How well does The Students' Union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?)!

(2024 – 68.0%, 2023 – 69.0%)

What do these tables mean? After a large increase in this score last year, our SU question has increased by 0.8% compared to last year. Although we are still slightly below the sector average, we are continually improving and will keep working to close the gap.

The headline is that all metrics for UWE regarding student voice, providing students with opportunities to feedback on their course and the effectiveness of The Students’ Union representing academic interests have all increased, indicating that the work being done by student leaders in partnership with the university is making a real difference.

A huge thank you to every final-year student who shared their views, and to our incredible Student Reps and staff who champion the student interest every day. Our VP Education, Helena, and the Representation Team will now dive deeper into the data to see how we can keep improving your student experience. Thanks to UWE staff who are seeking to constantly improve students' academic and student experience.