Module feedback

At the end of each term you will have the opportunity to provide feedback and comments on your modules via the University’s Student Module Feedback process. All students will receive an email from University of Essex Surveys (no-reply)@essex.ac.uk inviting you to complete a brief online survey for each module undertaken over the preceding term. Available surveys are also accessible via the Evaluations block on the right-hand side of your Moodle homepage. This will display to the right of your Moodle page when you have open surveys that you haven’t yet completed. Please note that you may need to expand the block drawer by clicking the arrow to expand.

The surveys allow you to provide some information on your experience of each of the modules you have studied, to say what worked well and to give constructive feedback on how they can be further improved. This is critical for the University to understand what works well, and what could be improved, from the perspective of students.

The University celebrates diversity, challenges inequality and is committed to a zero-tolerance approach to any form of harassment or bullying.  Your Student Module Feedback comments should focus on how you feel about the module and should be constructive and respectful.  Feedback should not include comments of a personal nature or any which are offensive or discriminatory.

All feedback will be summarised and discussed by Student Voice Groups (SVGs) and will inform reports written for central University committees as part of our quality assurance processes. After discussion at Student Voice Groups, the summary report should be accessible to all students. Processed survey results data will be shared with relevant staff and student bodies, and no student will be identifiable from their survey submissions. Any identifiable raw data will be held in strict confidence and will not be reviewed or shared by the central survey administration team, unless in exceptional circumstances where significant student safeguarding concerns arise from individual response data.

There are also many other satisfaction surveys taking place, to ensure students are happy with the services the University of Essex provides.

If you have some feedback but don’t know who to tell, email studentvoice@essex.ac.uk.

Your department will also welcome your feedback and there will be opportunities for providing informal mid-module feedback. They will have a range of quick feedback mechanisms for you to use. Contact your departmental office if you are not sure what these are. You can read more about the impact of your Student Voice within your specific department through the Your Voice Matters webpage