Over the years, the Student Movement- and especially NUS- has been guilty of viewing all students as the “same”, and all institutions and unions able to use the same solutions to the same problems. But the massification of higher education has meant that hyper diversity prevails- and whilst networking and good practice matters, it is understanding your own institution’s unique character and place in both the sector and your mission group that allows deep understanding and drives better representation and campaigning work.
In “surfing the wave”- we said “If we are to respond effectively to the issue of hyperdiversity we need outstanding data – both nationally and locally – to understand the life journey and needs of all students. We need to understand that a service or approach undertaken by a students’ union might open up opportunities for one part of the student body, but also could simultaneously create barriers for other types of students. You told us more assistance could be given to help students’ unions better understand their students”
The result? In 2010, we launched pilot project at NUS- a bespoke statistical digest full of your institution’s data which we began to produce annually for every students’ union. It highlights trends and data for certain types of institutions (eg mission groups, small and specialist institutions etc.) including information on demographics, NSS scores etc.
We have created a 2011 report for each Higher Education institution in membership of NUS. They are available for download here:
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