NSE results: NHL Stenden excels in atmosphere and link to professional practice
Students at NHL Stenden rated their university of applied sciences higher across all themes than the year before, according to the results of the National Student Survey (NSS), published on Wednesday. The NSS is conducted annually at all higher education institutions in the Netherlands. Nearly 9,000 NHL Stenden students took part in the survey.
NHL Stenden saw scores rise across every theme in the survey, from overall satisfaction to study guidance and from atmosphere to study facilities. Overall student satisfaction had already been improving and has now increased to 3.76 on a scale of 1 to 5. This score is above the average for all large universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands.
Atmosphere and link to professional practice
The survey asks questions covering a range of aspects, from 'atmosphere within the degree programme' to 'link with professional practice'. On these themes, NHL Stenden achieved the highest scores among the larger Dutch universities of applied sciences. NHL Stenden also performed strongly in areas such as ‘content and structure’ – including academic level and teaching methods – ‘study facilities’ and ‘engagement and contact’. There is still room for improvement, for example in ‘information provided by the degree programme’.
Marc Otto, Chair of the Executive Board: “The NSS is a valuable tool for us. Our own students can best tell us what is going well and what could be improved. Their feedback means a lot to us. Through the survey, students share positive and critical insights, and that is exactly what we need. We can be proud of the results while continuing to improve our university of applied sciences, because we always aim to do better.”
National Student Survey
Every year, hundreds of thousands of students share their opinions about their higher professional education or university degree programme through the National Student Survey (NSS). All higher education students in the Netherlands are invited to take part. They use the results to support prospective students in making informed study choices. The outcomes also help universities of applied sciences and research universities identify areas where they can further improve their education.
