Student feedback

• Student feedback
• Other stakeholder feedback
  

Evaluation surveys

Course-level feedback
The Faculty values student feedback and actively seeks it out. Feedback from students about their entire course experience is sought following graduation by a national service and using a well-researched instrument - a Course Experience Questionnaire. This feedback is provided to the Faculty each year. The University mirrors this survey biannually with students currently completing a course using an instrument called the Student Course Experience Questionnaire.

Unit-level feedback
While academics Academics can get feedback each semester in relation to a unit of study using an instrument called the Unit of Study Evaluation. The Faculty requires all units to be evaluated once each year. Unit Coordinators (and their teaching teams) who receive outstanding results in their unit of study evaluations are rewarded by being granted a Dean's Citation for Teaching.USE reports are available for viewing:

• Business School 2010 USE Report (Issued March 2011)
  

Student experience feedback
In 2010, the Faculty is piloting the AUSSE (Australasian Survey of Student Engagement). Rather than focussing on degree courses or units of study, the AUSSE seeks to measure the time and effort students spend on 'educationally purposeful activities as well as perceptions of quality about other aspects of students' university experience.

Faculty responses
The Faculty aims to report student feedback to Unit Coordinators (regarding units of study), Program Directors (regarding degree programs), and Chairs of Discipline (regarding majors and/or specifications), allowing those Faculty leaders to consider it while continually improving their learning and teaching. Positive feedback results in rewards and recognition (e.g., the Dean???s Citation for Teaching). Those Faculty leaders are ultimately accountable to Chairs of Discipline and Associate Deans (Undergraduate and Postgraduate) where opportunities for improvement are encouraged.

Faculty responses include:

• Faculty response to the SCEQ & CEQ (2009)
  
• Faculty response to SCEQ (2005)
• Faculty Response to SCEQ (2003)

Informal feedback

Informal feedback, whether of a positive nature or relating to concerns and suggested improvements, is always welcomed. We encourage students to provide feedback directly to the person or office to whom it relates. If this is not possible, students can contact the Student Information Office or provide your feedback online through the Student Feedback Page.

Class representatives

Some staff and some disciplines hold staff-student meetings during the semester to discuss student feedback. The feedback is gathered by student representatives. Typically representatives are randomly-selected, although sometimes they are elected.

Student Reference Group

The Faculty's Student Learning and Teaching Exchange (SLATE) gathers and provides feedback to and from students on all aspects of learning and teaching, including information of the results of actions taken in response to student feedback. The SRG also identifies areas performing at a high standard, as well as those requiring improvement, and makes suggestions for how this may be achieved. The SRG meets twice each semester.

Faculty Student Representatives

The following represent students at the Faculty level. Email your Faculty student representatives if you wish to pass on feedback. Feedback about a program or an individual unit should be directed to the relevant program director or the unit of study coordinator or the chair of discipline if that is not possible.

The Faculty student representatives are Ms Shae Bannister, Mr Andrew Thomas, Mr Franz Kupfer, Ms Lorenn Ruster, Mr Tobias Ludewig and Ms Angie Ng.