Eligibility criteria
To complete the survey please check your eligibility below.
The following students are eligible:
The eligibility criteria as defined by the OfS (across all participating providers) are as follows:
- Part-time and full-time students:
- Full-time undergraduate students registered at participating higher education institutions, further education colleges, further education institutions and alternative providers (where applicable).
- Part-time undergraduate students registered at participating higher education institutions, further education colleges, further education institutions and alternative providers (where applicable).
- Final year students and equivalent:
- Students expected to be in their final year.
- Students on flexible programmes where the final year cannot be predicted, after they are expected to have undertaken more than one full-time equivalent (FTE) and not before their fourth academic year of study.
- Students with the following funding arrangements:
- All students studying at directly funded providers in the UK.
- Studying a course that is associated with a health or social care regulatory body, including students studying pre-registration nursing, midwifery, allied health profession, social work and clinical practice subjects.
- Students are included in the 2024 survey population if they are expected to complete between 1 February 2024 and 31 January 2024 inclusive.
However, the following are not eligible:
- However, the following are not eligible:
- Students who are not on closed courses
- Students on programmes that do not lead to undergraduate qualifications or credits.
- Students on a course lasting one year or one FTE or less.
- Any students who were eligible in the NSS 2023 (whether or not they responded) and who remain at the same provider.
- Students under the age of 16.
