Nescot’s Higher Education (HE) students have rated our Learning Resource Centre (LRC) support well above the national average in the 2025 National Student Survey (NSS), with the highest scores we’ve ever achieved.
In the Learning Resources category, Nescot scored 94%, compared to a sector average of 87.9%.
- 87.5% of our HE students said that NESCOT’s IT resources and facilities have supported their learning well or very well (+8 points above the national benchmark).
- 95.8% of our HE students said that the library resources have supported their learning well or very well (+12.6 points).
- 97.9% of our HE students said that it is easy or very easy to access subject specific resources when they need them (+15.7 points).
Julie Kapsalis, Principal and CEO said: “The work of our Learning Resources Centre and their support for our HE students in the latest NSS survey has really stood out with our best results on record and surpassing national benchmarks. This fantastic accomplishment is a testament to the relentless commitment, dedicated efforts and innovative approaches of the LRC team.”
Strong results across the board
We also scored highly in all NSS categories:
- Teaching on my course: 93.6% (sector average 86.9%)
- Learning opportunities: 92.5% (sector average 84.3%)
- Assessment & Feedback: 95.3% (sector average 80.09%)
- Academic Support: 95.1% (sector average 87.8%)
- Organisation & Management: 85.3% (sector average 78.4%)
- Student Voice: 89.7% (sector average 77.4%)
- Students’ Union: 92.3% (sector average 76%)
- Mental wellbeing: 89.6% (sector average 82.3%)
- Freedom of expression: 95.9% (sector average 88.3%)
Higher education at Nescot attracts learners of all ages, from school leavers to adult returners to education. Nescot scores highly year on year in the NSS for student support.
Our LRC team has introduced a programme of academic support sessions to help return-to-study students reconnect with their academic journey. These sessions include:
- Reflective writing
- Presentation skills
- Academic reading & writing
- Essay planning, structure & editing
- Writing analytically at university level
- Information and database searching
- Avoiding plagiarism / Referencing
The NSS gathers students’ opinions and feedback from HE learners across the UK. Every university in the UK takes part in the NSS, as do many colleges, such as Nescot. Response rates are consistently high. This year, nationally there was a response rate of over 70% with around 400 providers taking part. The NSS is managed by the by the Office for Students (OfS) on behalf of the UK funding and regulatory bodies. For information on the 2025 NSS results visit the OfS website here.
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Nescot’s Higher Education provision has been rated as Silver in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). The College is also rated Silver in the framework’s new categories of Student Experience and Student Outcomes.
