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We want to make our degrees and sense of community the best we possibly can.
We want to make our degrees and sense of community the best we possibly can.
This is an ongoing process of developing things that work and dropping things that don't. How we figure out what works and what doesn't is partly through experience and partly through you telling us. So your feedback to us is important.
This is an ongoing process of developing things that work and dropping things that don't. How we figure out what works and what doesn't is partly through experience and partly through you telling us. So your feedback to us is important.
Below are links to giving more information about the committees, the NSS, the online suggestion box, and a description of changes we have made in response to your suggestions.
How do you give us feedback?
How do you give us feedback?
Feedback for a given module is given in the module evaluation. This matters for the module lead and helps students who take the module the next year. But here we talking about your helping us develop and improve our various degrees and the life and operation of the programme. In this respect, you give us feedback through two formal channels...
The National Student Survey (NSS)
The National Student Survey (NSS)
Commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the National Student Survey has been undertaken annually since 2005 and is aimed at final year undergraduate students at institutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The survey is designed to gather students' opinions about their degree programmes, asking them to provide honest feedback on the quality of teaching and overall experience
The NSS entails 23 questions, including one question about overall student satisfaction and one question about satisfaction with the Students' Union.
Committees
Committees
You can also give us items to discuss at the various committees across the University. You get to put things on the agenda of these committee through communicating with a committee representative, or putting something in the suggestion box. This box is both a physical thing - you can find it on philosophy reception desk - and an online thing. Click the image to find out more.
Become a Student Representative
Become a Student Representative
Student representatives are the central channel of communication between staff and students. They are the contact point for students who have problems or requests that they want to raise about Philosophy. They sit on the staff-student committee and the teaching committee and thus have a direct say in decisions taken regarding teaching issues in Philosophy (this include issues such as exams, feedback, marking, modules offered by Philosophy and more).
Requests for volunteers to be student representatives are circulated by the Director of Learning and Teaching near the beginning of the academic year. Once decided, their names and contact details are listed here on the Philosophy Hub, on our website and in the reception.
Being a student representative is a great way to gain new skills, enhance your CV and is a great employability skill.
If you are interested in becoming a Student Representative, you can find all the details on the Sheffield Students' Union website by clicking the button below.
If you are interested in becoming a Student Representative, you can find all the details on the Sheffield Students' Union website by clicking the button below.
Contact details of this year's student representatives can be seen by clicking the button below.
Contact details of this year's student representatives can be seen by clicking the button below.
If you have any issues you wish to raise with regards to the Philosophy programme, please contact one of the student representatives.
We're open to suggestions!
We're open to suggestions!
If you think there's something we can improve on or isn't working, then please let us know by accessing the Suggestion Form below.
You said, we did!
You said, we did!
Click to see just a few of the positive changes we've made from your suggestions!
Click to see just a few of the positive changes we've made from your suggestions!
We have made so many changes to our degrees and how the department is run in response to student feedback that we cannot name them all. But here are some of the positive changes that have been made in the last two years!
You said that there was too much assessment in the second year
You said that there was too much assessment in the second year
We have thought a lot about this and after much discussion we have replaced the mid-term essay with either an optional formative essay or shorter essay.
You said that there was not enough written assessment in the 1st year
You said that there was not enough written assessment in the 1st year
This is another item that we have thought long and hard about. To address this we have introduced a new Writing Module. And we are investigating how to replace the current micro-essays with longer peer-assessed essays.
You said you preferred to submit coursework online and for the grading to be online
You said you preferred to submit coursework online and for the grading to be online
This has now been rolled out for all modules at all levels
You said the old module allocation system where places were allocated on a first come first served basis was unfair.
You said the old module allocation system where places were allocated on a first come first served basis was unfair.
We introduced a new online pre-allocation system, which gives fair choices to students and ensures a fairer distribution of modules.
You asked us to be more accommodating of trans students
You asked us to be more accommodating of trans students
We have made some of the department toilets gender neutral, and have an Equality & Diversity Committee which offers a positive environment for raising trans issues
You wanted lecture recording
You wanted lecture recording
The department initiated this before it was rolled out as default across the faculty.
You said we should have diversified reading lists
You said we should have diversified reading lists
This is an ongoing project we are working on. We have established Equality & Diversity Committee to focus on such issues.
One of our recent MA students completed an internship on the various concepts of feedback and how students perceived it - hear the outcome, via the podcast here.
One of our recent MA students completed an internship on the various concepts of feedback and how students perceived it - hear the outcome, via the podcast here.
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