TY - JOUR

T1 - The impact of part-time staff on Art & Design students' ratings of their programmes

AU - Yorke, Mantz

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Art & Design receives ratings on a number of scales of the UK’s National Student Survey (NSS) that are less strong than those for some other subject areas. Art & Design, along with performing arts, is characterised by a relatively high level of part-time (PT) staffing. PT staffing data are set against NSS ratings for post-92 universities and other institutions that specialise in studio-based programmes in Art & Design. The data from Art & Design are compared with data from selected subject areas, showing that for both Art & Design and performing arts higher levels of PT staffing are associated with lower NSS ratings. The quality of the available data and the implications of the analyses are discussed.

AB - Art & Design receives ratings on a number of scales of the UK’s National Student Survey (NSS) that are less strong than those for some other subject areas. Art & Design, along with performing arts, is characterised by a relatively high level of part-time (PT) staffing. PT staffing data are set against NSS ratings for post-92 universities and other institutions that specialise in studio-based programmes in Art & Design. The data from Art & Design are compared with data from selected subject areas, showing that for both Art & Design and performing arts higher levels of PT staffing are associated with lower NSS ratings. The quality of the available data and the implications of the analyses are discussed.

KW - Art & Design

KW - data analysis

KW - institutional management

KW - National Student Survey

KW - NSS

KW - part-time staff

KW - student ratings

U2 - 10.1080/1360080X.2014.936095

DO - 10.1080/1360080X.2014.936095

M3 - Journal article

VL - 36

SP - 557

EP - 567

JO - Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

JF - Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

SN - 1360-080X

IS - 5

ER -