Student Opinion Survey

The Student Opinion Survey (SOS) has provided the University with an invaluable source of student feedback since 1995.

The SOS allows students to comment on the programme they are completing, the department they study in and the University services they use. The surveys provide information for a number of key University processes and documents, including the Departmental Review process, the annual Statement of Objectives and the Annual Report.

Note that from 2007 the Student Opinion Survey is being run as two surveys: 'Student Opinion Survey: Support Services' and 'Student Opinion Survey: Academics Experiences'. This change has been made in response to student feedback about the length of the student survey. Data collected will remain relatively unaltered by this change.

Feedback collected is sent to departments, divisions and other untis, and is also presented to the relevant areas in a series of meetings held by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International), the Manager of the Quality Advancement Unit, and the Quality Surveys Co-ordinator.

Student responses to the SOS have prompted a number of improvement initiatives, for example improved lighting and security around campus. A recent analysis of results relating to course work show also suggest that teaching quality has improved at Otago over the last ten years, as indicated by improved student ratings.

University of Otago Quality Advancement Unit