2025/26 Student Survey: Reflection and Response
We are delighted to present this report of the 2025/26 Student Survey.
We are grateful to the students who took the time to complete the survey. This is a great service to the whole Union Family. A wide variety of subjects are addressed in individual comments this year.
Many of these are positive and express gratitude for the content and the UST team. There are some discernable themes where further exploration and action is required.
Summary
Overall satisfaction remains very high at 95%. This reflects the previous 3 years: 22/23 (95%); 23/24 (91%); 24/25 (97%)
Notable strengths include:
Teaching and Learning and the support given by teachers and mentors
Growth in personal spiritual formation
Availability of library resources
Positive experience in Learning Communities
In the context of very high satisfaction the following indicate possible areas for further exploration:
Skills pertinent to ministry
Feedback helping to improve work
Organization of programme
Communication of Student Voice and response to feedback
Consistency of module pages & ease of locating important items on the Union Cloud
Requests for more interaction with module lecturers
Variation of ministry application in their modules
Response to survey and action points
The results are very encouraging. We want to acknowledge The Lord’s help in all that we do. We are grateful for the engagement and hard work of the students. We are aware of many of the issues raised by students already from our own processes and by listening to informal feedback.
Module feedback forms, which are separate to this survey, also form a part of our ongoing quality enhancement. In the light of identifiable items from the data:
1. The Teaching Team will review the Union Cloud with the aim of developing greater consistency and ease of navigation.
2. Contact with lecturers is being discussed in the Teaching Team.
Lecturer seminars on the GDip. These increased during 25/26 from one to two per semester per module. Student attendance at these is often very limited and we will review communication and expectations.
Lecturer led seminars for MTh. We will aim to make the provision of these more consistent across the modules.
3. Ministry application across modules and programmes.
This may simply be a matter of definition. Growth in understanding is as important for ministry as specific practical applications. The balance of Bible, Theology and Ministry is a key part of the structure of our programmes.
Teaching Team will aim to keep Union Values prominent in modules.
4. Enhancement to student work/achievements via feedback.
Marking is kept under continual quality review.
New measures are being put in place to make feedback more consistent across modules.
Read the full survey here: