The Danish Student Survey is live: a high response rate is important

When AU's students check their Digital Post week 43, they’ll find the Danish Student Survey, which measures how students rate their own well-being as well as various aspects of their degree programme. For example, students are asked to evaluate their academic and social well-being, what they get out of their classes, how much time they spend studying, stress and loneliness and many other issues.

The Danish Student Survey is one of AU's most important tools when it comes to developing the academic environment and ensuring student well-being – as well as the quality of the individual degree programmes through ongoing quality assurance processes. This year's results will also form the basis for AU's teaching environment assessment and the programmes' local action plans, which are drafted every three years – which makes the survey even more important. And according to Pro-rector Berit Eika, a special effort is needed:

"In the last survey, the response rate was just over 30%. To get accurate and usable results for all degree programmes, we need more students to take the time to complete the survey. This is why we’re making a special effort this year to generate support at degree-programme level. This effort is very valuable and highly appreciated,” Eika said.

The Danish Student Survey is sent to all students at Danish higher education institutions by the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science. The deadline for taking the survey is 28 November.

Read more about the student survey and explore previous surveys at: www.studerende.au.dk/studieundersøgelse (updated regularly).

About the Danish Student Survey

• The Danish Student Survey is administered by the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science and is sent to to all students at higher-education institutions in Denmark.
• The students will receive the survey by Digital Post and their AU inboxes at the beginning of week 43. The deadline is 28 November.
• There are about 100 questions in the survey, and it takes about 15-20 minutes to complete.
• The results of this year's survey will form the basis for AU's teaching environment assessment and action plans for the individual degree programmes, which are drawn up every three years (most recently in 2020).
• Data from the Danish Student Survey also form the basis for three of the eight indicators in AU's quality system, which are discussed annually for the degree programmes and are rated red, yellow or green.
• The results will also be included in the ministry's work on:
  • the Learning Questionnaire (which explores students’ experiences of the learning environment on their degree programmes and their ownapproaches to learning)
  • Uddannelseszoom (degree programme zoom, an online tool to compare degree programmes)