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TY - JOUR
T1 - Hit by a perfect storm?
T2 - Art & Design in the National Student Survey
AU - Yorke, Mantz
AU - Orr, Susan
AU - Blair, Bernadette
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - There has long been the suspicion amongst staff in Art & Design that the ratings given to their subject disciplines in the UK's National Student Survey are adversely affected by a combination of circumstances – a ‘perfect storm’. The ‘perfect storm’ proposition is tested by comparing ratings for Art & Design with those for a selection of other subjects chosen because they share some features that might lead to lower ratings on the survey. Data from a small-scale qualitative study are used to throw light on what might lie behind the sector-wide statistics. The comparisons suggest that there is some validity in the ‘perfect storm’ proposition. More broadly, the article points to the need for sophistication in interpreting findings from the survey, irrespective of the subject area.
AB - There has long been the suspicion amongst staff in Art & Design that the ratings given to their subject disciplines in the UK's National Student Survey are adversely affected by a combination of circumstances – a ‘perfect storm’. The ‘perfect storm’ proposition is tested by comparing ratings for Art & Design with those for a selection of other subjects chosen because they share some features that might lead to lower ratings on the survey. Data from a small-scale qualitative study are used to throw light on what might lie behind the sector-wide statistics. The comparisons suggest that there is some validity in the ‘perfect storm’ proposition. More broadly, the article points to the need for sophistication in interpreting findings from the survey, irrespective of the subject area.
KW - Art & Design
KW - National Student Survey
KW - subject comparisons
KW - quantitative analysis
KW - qualitative data
U2 - 10.1080/03075079.2013.806465
DO - 10.1080/03075079.2013.806465
M3 - Journal article
VL - 39
SP - 1788
EP - 1810
JO - Studies in Higher Education
JF - Studies in Higher Education
SN - 0307-5079
IS - 10
ER -