Manage universities, departments & benchmarks

Here you can create universities, departments, link them together, and define benchmark targets for both the National Student Survey (NSS) and the Graduate Outcome Survey.

Add university

Add department

Link department to university

Department benchmarks

Enter numeric targets (e.g. 3, 3.5, 4) for each question you want to benchmark. Leave blank for questions with no target.
NSS questions (scale typically 1–5)
1. Academic staff are good at explaining things.
2. Academic staff make the subject engaging.
3. The modules in our programme are intellectually stimulating.
4. The modules in your programme challenge you to achieve your best work.
5. The programme gave you the chance to explore concepts and ideas in depth.
6. Modules introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned.
7. Chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics.
8. Balance of directed and independent study.
9. Modules developed your knowledge and skills needed for your future.
10. Clarity of the marking criteria used to assess your work.
11. How fair the marking and assessment has been.
12. Assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned.
13. How often you received assessment feedback on time.
14. How often feedback helps you to improve your work.
15. Frequency and variety of assessment opportunities.
16. How well organised the modules in your programme are.
17. How well changes to teaching on your programme were communicated.
18. How well resources and facilities supported your learning.
19. How well library resources supported your learning.
20. Ease of accessing subject specific resources.
21. Extent of opportunities to give feedback on modules.
22. Extent to which students’ opinions are valued.
23. How clear it is that students’ feedback is acted on.
24. Ease of contacting teaching staff.
25. How well academic staff supported your learning.
26. Programme improved your career prospects.
27. Good advice is available for career choices / further study.
28. Experience and activities prepared you well for the next step in your career.
29. Programme helped you to present yourself with confidence and improved communication skills.
30. Overall satisfaction with the quality of the programme of study.

Current data

Universities
UniversityIdUniversityNameCreatedAt
1Y122/11/2025 14:40:42
2y222/11/2025 21:21:07
Departments
DepartmentIdDepartmentNameCreatedAt
1Computer Science22/11/2025 15:04:06
2Math22/11/2025 15:05:38
University - Department links
IdUniversityNameDepartmentName
1Y1Computer Science
2Y1Math
3y2Computer Science