11. Free text comments - can I write what I like?

 

Yes, however, feedback should be constructive, professional, courteous and provided for improvement. Helpful comments and ideas from students are fed into programme strategic planning, and help to make real changes that benefit you and future students following in your footsteps.

 

By reflecting on your own learning experience and evaluating each module you will also build your own understanding of your learning style, your priorities as a learner and response to various types of teaching styles you are experiencing.

 

 If it was an excellent, engaging module, please let your lecturers know what you enjoyed most. If the module has not met your expectations, explain how things could be improved. When giving feedback to academic staff, think about your own experiences of receiving feedback on your own work. Reflect on your full experience and provide constructive suggestions for any changes. Have you heard of unconscious bias? There can be a tendency to provide higher module evaluation scores for academics that might fit previous ideas of what an academic is like. It is important that you explore any unconscious tendency to stereotype.

Students are informed that Heads of Department and the central survey team reserve the right to remove or redact comments that are deemed to be unacceptable.  Comments may be unacceptable if they are aggressive, abusive threatening, unnecessarily personal or emotionally damaging.  All comments submitted through the SES should be done in accordance with the Student Rules and Regulations.