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For info. and action. Please encourage the students to participate.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Rob<br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear
Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
2013 NSS, launches on Monday 28<sup>th</sup> January and
closes on Tuesday 30<sup>th</sup> April 2013. Eligible
students (final year undergraduates identified through the
HESA Student Return) will be contacted by Ipsos MORI to
complete the survey, unless they opted out earlier in the
year. The Student Survey Team will send out reminders to the
cohort prior to the launch and at intervals during the
survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We
are looking for your support in encouraging students to
participate in the survey, In order to maximise our response
rates, we are asking you to encourage your final year
students to participate in the survey. We will be regularly
updated on response rates by Ipsos MORI throughout the
survey period and will forward these updates on to you so
that you know which areas require a bigger push. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">You
should by now have received promotional posters for the
survey, with additional materials to follow. Electronic
materials are also available on the Student Surveys
SharePoint site which you can use to promote the survey via
email, plasma screens, etc. Guidance on promoting the survey
and improving response rates provided by Ipsos MORI is also
available on the site. Promotion of the survey must be done
on a neutral basis, i.e. encouraging students to give their
honest opinions of their experience. Any attempt to
influence students’ responses is taken very seriously by the
funding councils and could result in penalties against the
institution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As
an incentive for students we are running a prize draw,
facilitated by Ipsos MORI, with prizes of one Nintendo Wii
U, 2 Kindle Fires and one £50 Amazon voucher. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It
is important that as many students as possible provide their
feedback in order for the survey to generate reliable
information. We need to achieve a response rate of at least
50% at institution, course and subject level (combined with
23 respondents per cohort) in order for our data to be made
publicly available and included in the Key Information Sets
(KIS). Last year we achieved an overall response rate of 67%
and we would like to see an even higher rate this year. Your
support in encouraging students to respond will be a
critical part of this. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If
you have any questions about the survey or would like any
more information, please see the official NSS website (<a
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href="http://www.thestudentsurvey.com/">http://www.thestudentsurvey.com/</a>)
or contact the Student Survey Team at <a
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href="mailto:student-surveys@strath.ac.uk">student-surveys@strath.ac.uk</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kind
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dr.
Veena O’Halloran<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Director
of Student Experience & Enhancement Services</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Professor Robert Martin,<br>
Head of Department,<br>
Department of Physics,<br>
University of Strathclyde, <br>
John Anderson Building, <br>
Glasgow, UK, <br>
G4 0NG<br>
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tel: 0141-5483132<br>
fax: 0141-5522891<br>
e-mail: <a href="mailto:r.w.martin@strath.ac.uk">r.w.martin@strath.ac.uk</a><br>
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The Department is a partner in SUPA, the Scottish Universities
Physics Alliance <br>
The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered
in Scotland, number SC015263<br>
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