Earth and Environmental Sciences soar in National Student Survey

We are proud to announce outstanding results in the 2025 National Student Survey (NSS), marking a major step forward in our ongoing commitment to delivering an exceptional student experience.

This year, overall student satisfaction rose to 85%, highlighting the impact of the School's efforts to support, engage, and inspire our student community.

The NSS results show notable student support across all key areas for our School:

• Teaching on my course: 90% satisfaction
• Learning Opportunities: 88% satisfaction
• Assessment and Feedback: 81% satisfaction
• Academic Support: 90% satisfaction
• Organisation and Management: 81% satisfaction
• Learning Resources: 95% satisfaction
• Student Voice: 84% satisfaction

These results reflect the dedication of our staff to continually enhance teaching quality, academic support, and student engagement. Notably, we achieved the highest satisfaction scores within the Russell Group for our Earth Sciences programmes (Geology, Environmental Geoscience, and Exploration Geology) with 95%—a rise of 10 places within the table.

Our Earth Sciences programmes (our geoscience stream, which includes Environmental Geoscience, Geology, and Exploration Geology) also enjoyed a 97% result within the Academic Support category—a strong endorsement of our exceptional provision within that stream. Our Physical Geographical Sciences programmes (Environmental Geography, Environmental Sustainability Science, Marine Geography, and Physical Geography) also received a strong showing of 95% in Learning Resources.

Our most significant gains were in Learning Resources and Student Voice, where overall satisfaction increased by 6%. This reflects our ongoing commitment to providing impressive tools and resources, listening, acting on feedback, and shaping a learning environment where every student feels heard and valued.

Professor Jennifer Pike, Head of School, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, shared: “I was delighted to receive this resounding endorsement from our Earth Science students for the teaching that they receive and the care that we take to listen to them. Overall, these results are a great endorsement of the quality of the education experience that our students receive in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.”

We remain focused on delivering an excellent academic experience, enriched by world-class teaching, real-world learning opportunities, and meaningful student partnerships.