Blog archive — Page 14

Sector Watch

Advance HE: PRES 2025 shows decade-high satisfaction, and how to act on PGR feedback

PRES 2025 reports 83% overall satisfaction among participating postgraduate researchers, alongside lower research-culture scores and a disability satisfaction gap.

By Student Voice AI Sep 07, 2026

Research Briefing

Low-SES Students Face Cultural Mismatch on Placements

From the paper: “They want people who are not me”: low socioeconomic status students' WIL experiences. What a qualitative case study suggests about cultural mismatch, confidence, and better placement support.

By Student Voice AI Sep 07, 2026

Sector Watch

OfS escalates oversight of subcontracted provision, and why student feedback evidence matters

OfS announced enhanced monitoring for RTC Education and an ongoing condition for the University of Greater Manchester after assessing subcontracted Business Management provision.

By Student Voice AI Sep 07, 2026

Research Briefing

What deaf and hard of hearing students say makes higher education accessible

From the paper: Accessibility and support in higher education: a case study of deaf and hard of hearing students’ perceptions. What this research suggests UK universities should prioritise in support, communication, and inclusive teaching.

By Student Voice AI Sep 07, 2026

Research Briefing

Intersectional barriers disabled students describe — and how universities can respond

From the paper: An intersectional perspective on disabled students’ experiences in German higher education. What interviews reveal about stigma, disclosure, and support — with lessons for UK universities.

By Student Voice AI Sep 07, 2026

Research Briefing

What Students Really Mean by Teaching Excellence

From the paper: The meaning of excellence in learning and teaching to students. A mixed methods study reveals that students define excellent teaching through support, student-centricity, and opportunities for growth.

By Student Voice AI Sep 07, 2026

Announcement

Birmingham City University partners with Student Voice AI

Birmingham City University has selected Student Voice AI to provide institution‑wide analysis of open‑text student feedback, with structured, benchmarked reporting for faculties and programme teams.

By Dr Stuart Grey Apr 02, 2026

Research Briefing

Who Actually Fills In Student Evaluations? New Evidence on Non-Response Bias

A randomised US study tests how evaluation prompts and timing affect participation, response length and representation.

By Student Voice AI Sep 10, 2026

Research Briefing

Can Machine Learning Help Instructors Make Sense of Student Evaluation Comments?

Eleven instructors discuss machine-learning reports of mid-semester teaching comments. This review distinguishes reported usefulness from measured teaching improvement.

By Student Voice AI Sep 10, 2026

Research Briefing

Conditional Belonging: What Minority Ethnic STEM Students Tell UK Universities

From the paper: ‘I deserve to be here’: minority ethnic students and their conditional belonging in UK higher education. How belonging becomes conditional — and what universities can do about it.

By Student Voice AI Sep 07, 2026

Research Briefing

Emotional engagement in online forums: three students’ experiences

Prestridge follows three students in an online module to examine emotional engagement. These cases offer perspectives on participation, rather than a validated typology or a causal test.

By Student Voice AI Sep 07, 2026

Research Briefing

PhD competency confidence varies by research style: evidence from 1,105 doctoral students

Sim and Zhang develop a competency-confidence inventory with 1,105 Hong Kong PhD students and examine associations with research styles. The study measures perceived competencies.

By Student Voice AI Sep 07, 2026

Resource

NSS open-text analysis methodology for UK HE

How Student Voice analyses 2018–2026 NSS open-text comments: scope, deterministic supervised learning, sentiment, reporting thresholds, comparisons, and limits.

By Student Voice AI Sep 07, 2026

Resource

Sentiment analysis for UK universities: a practical guide

A practical guide to sentiment analysis for higher education free-text—how to interpret results, common failure modes, and governance considerations for UK HE.

By Student Voice AI Apr 02, 2026

Resource

Student comment analysis governance checklist for UK HE

A practical governance checklist for UK HE open-text analysis—what to document, what to validate, and how to reduce risk while improving evidence quality.

By Student Voice AI Apr 02, 2026

Resource

Student feedback analysis glossary for UK HE

A stable glossary of terms used in UK HE student feedback analysis (NSS/PTES/PRES/module evaluations), designed for clear communication and easy citation.

By Student Voice AI Mar 30, 2026

Announcement

University of Leeds selects Student Voice AI

University of Leeds will use Student Voice AI to turn open‑text feedback from surveys and internal sources into consistent, benchmarked insight for faculties, schools and programme teams.

By Dr Stuart Grey Mar 28, 2026

Announcement

King's College London partners with Student Voice AI

King's College London has selected Student Voice AI to analyse open comments from student surveys and internal feedback, turning qualitative data into actionable insight to enhance teaching and the student experience.

By Dr Stuart Grey Mar 01, 2026

Announcement

University of Warwick selects Student Voice AI

University of Warwick has selected Student Voice AI to analyse open comments from the National Student Survey (NSS), turning qualitative data into clear evidence for teaching and the student experience.

By Dr Stuart Grey Feb 25, 2026

Announcement

Lancaster University partners with Student Voice AI

Lancaster University has selected Student Voice AI to analyse open comments from student surveys and internal feedback, turning qualitative data into actionable insight to enhance teaching and the student experience.

By Dr Stuart Grey Feb 21, 2026

Announcement

University of Portsmouth partners with Student Voice AI

University of Portsmouth has selected Student Voice AI to analyse open comments from student surveys and internal feedback, turning qualitative data into actionable insight to enhance teaching and the student experience.

By Dr Stuart Grey Mar 03, 2026

Announcement

Southampton Solent University partners with Student Voice AI

Southampton Solent University has selected Student Voice AI to analyse open comments from student surveys and internal feedback, turning qualitative data into actionable insight to enhance teaching and the student experience.

By Dr Stuart Grey Mar 05, 2026

Announcement

Student Voice AI + evasys + Advance HE for PTES & PRES 2025

Advance HE has commissioned Student Voice AI, alongside survey‑platform partner evasys, to provide thematic coding and dashboards for open‑text comments from the 2025 PTES and PRES across more than 100 universities.

By Dr Stuart Grey Feb 21, 2026

Announcement

LSE partners with Student Voice AI for student feedback analysis

LSE selects Student Voice AI to analyse open‑text student feedback across surveys, align results with NSS/TEF benchmarks, and deliver structured, timely reporting for institutional decision‑makers.

By Dr Stuart Grey Feb 28, 2026