The document discusses student module evaluations at Roehampton University. It outlines a standardized module evaluation questionnaire used across the university that focuses on various aspects of the student experience like teaching quality, assessment and feedback, academic support, and organization of the module. The evaluations are intended to enhance modules, understand the student experience, and evaluate responses to changes. The evaluations provide benefits to the university, departments, programs, module leaders, tutors, and students. Lessons learned include ensuring the integrity and anonymity of the results, usefulness of feedback at different levels, and that the process is well-organized and managed.

1. “Student Evaluations – making
them work”
Lawry Price
Roehampton University, London
Accompanying paper

2. The student experience
In pursuit of a quality student experience…….
The use of a MODULE EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE
(standardised and institutional-wide) focused on -
1. Me and this module
2. The quality of teaching/supervision of this module
3. The assessment and feedback of the module
4. Academic support during this module
5. The way the module was organised and managed
6. Learning resources relating to the module
7. Additional questions (provided by the
lecturer/module leader)
8. Overall satisfaction with the module
9. Additional Q’s on adjustments and a free text section

3. Planning & Organisation
• Relationship to the university’s
Learning, Teaching & Assessment Strategy
• Established policy in preceding year
• Selection of 9 distinctive areas of questioning
• Planning/Steering group established
• Pilot study across two departments
• Process established – implemented Autumn
2011

4. Your opportunities
to give feedback
• MODULE • Programme rep
EVALUATION report to
Programme
Board
How might you
Are you learning
suggest we
in a way which is
enhance the
effective for you
programme
at this stage?
overall?
Looking What is the first
back, how year experience
satisfied are you like? Have our
with your changes to
university assessment for
experience? example worked?
• National • University
Student Survey surveys, informal
(final year) feedback, results

5. Why evaluate modules?
• Gives you the opportunity to tell us:
– what you think about your module
– what you thought was particularly good
– what you think could be enhanced
• Information provided used to:
– enhance modules
– understand more about your experience
– evaluate student responses to changes made
Anonymous - so please answer questions honestly

6. The evaluation forms…….
Were of benefit to -
• The university as a whole
• Individual Departments
• Programmes, Module leaders, individual
tutors
• Students
• Planners at central university level

7. Outcomes & Lessons Learnt
• Integrity of the results
• Usefulness of specific feedback at different
levels
• Students (and staff) buy-in that it is “truly
anonymous” (Privacy Policy)
• Ongoing review specifically around question
phrasing
• Organisation and management of the
process key to success

8. Contact
Lawry Price
L.Price@roehampton.ac.uk