National Student Survey
The National Student Survey (NSS) 2026 is now live at Queen Mary. The survey is open to eligible final year undergraduates in the UK until 30 April.
- Claim your £5 Thank You voucher: We're offering every eligible student who completes the NSS a £5 voucher redeemable at Students’ Union outlets. Complete the form to claim your voucher.
- Help your School/Institute to win £500: The School/Institute that gets the highest percentage of responses between 26 January and 13 February will receive £500 and can decide with their students what to do with it, from pizza parties to Queen Mary merch.
Why should you take part?
From feedback from course reps to Student Voice Committees and pulse surveys, your ideas help inform our actions year-round. The NSS complements these efforts by providing a broader perspective on your time here. Your feedback helps to guide us forward and build on what we’re doing well – both in your School/Institutes, and across Queen Mary.
Thanks to the feedback from students like you, we have:
- Introducing AskQM, our new way of managing student enquiries to make submitting and getting answers to your enquiries speedier and easier to access.
- Launching a new Library Search in March 2026 to make it easier to find library resources and simplified user experience.
- Investing £3m to continue enhancing Wi-Fi connectivity.
- Creating the Calm Zone in the Mile End Library, a place for calm study with soft lighting, comfortable furniture and wellbeing items.
- Upgrading QMplus, Q-Review and MySIS for greater reliability and ease of use.
- Making booking appointments with the Disability and Dyslexia Service easier by using MS Bookings to reduce the need for students to send emails back and forth.
- Extending the student wellbeing presence at Whitechapel campus by introducing a weekly session in the Garrod Building from our Counselling service.
- Streamlining and simplifying the processes for neurodivergent students to apply for reasonable adjustments.
Find out more about recent action we have taken in response to student feedback.
What is the NSS?
Queen Mary has been participating in the NSS since 2005.
The NSS is a nationwide survey conducted by Ipsos, an independent research agency, and commissioned by the Office for Students (OfS) and UK Higher Education funding and regulatory bodies.
You will be asked questions relating to various aspects of your course such as teaching, assessment and feedback and learning resources.
What happens with the results?
The NSS results are made publicly available to help prospective students, their families and advisors make informed decisions of where and what to study. Data from previous surveys are available on Discover Uni.
As you continue in your career journey, your feedback is essential in guiding us forward and helping shape the future of our University - both in your School/Institutes, and across Queen Mary.
Inappropriate influence
Inappropriate influence is defined as any activity which may encourage students to reflect anything other than their true opinion of their experiences during their course in their NSS responses. A student guide on inappropriate influence is available which details what may constitute inappropriate influence and the types of promotion universities and colleges are, or are not, allowed to undertake. It provides details on the help and support available if you feel you are being or have been influenced in how to respond to the survey, along with the process in place to investigate allegations of inappropriate influence and what happens in case of a breach of guidance.