Author: James Lloyd

NSS Results 2024

The Office for Students has published this year’s NSS results, and it’s been another great year for our BA Graphic Communication course.

Across the seven groups of questions, our scores are up on five of them (Learning opportunities, Assessment and feedback, Academic support, Organisation and management, Learning resources). In particular, Learning resources has jumped up by more than 13%. Even those that have dropped off (Teaching on my course and Student Voice) are only down by a small amount (1.5% and 0.6%) from already high positions.

The results continue a general positive trend for us over the past four or five years. This year’s increases are particularly driven by our ongoing investment in new technology for printing and crafting (including new laser printers, laser cutters and other finishing equipment), but also reflect the continuing commitment of staff to engage with student needs and identify ways to make our course more accessible, diverse and engaging for everyone.

You can see more stats and rankings information about our unique Graphic Communication progamme on Discover Uni.

 

Table showing 90+% ‘Positive’ scores across all NSS question groups. This places us near the top of the list of Departments both across our University and across the design school sector, too.

Think Rethink – our graduate degree show – REGISTER NOW!

I wanted to take a moment, in the calm before the storm, to thank our wonderful team of Part 3 students working hard to deliver our degree show on Thursday 17 June.

This is our first year hosting our show online, and the students are learning new skills on the fly in an incredibly fast-moving field. The event is completely student-led, from the branding through to the final delivery. Reading has always had great strength in allowing students to experience a range of real world professional experiences as part of their studies, and for degree show team this is more true than ever.

If you haven’t already registered for the show, you can do so at thinkrethink.design, or directly via this link.

The show is traditionally a time when new graduates, employers, parents, alumni, staff and younger students come together to celebrate not only the graduating class, but everything that the Department represents. Looking at the list of registered attendees, it seems we will keep that atmosphere going in the switch to online. I’m looking forward to seeing so many people from our community on the night.

So well done to Alex Ganczarski, Caitlin Wilson, Rory Tellam, Edoardo Sarli, Matt Dawson and Darcie Richmond. Your work for your peers, and for the wider Reading Typography community is greatly appreciated. The design work looks wonderful, the attention to detail is fantastic, and your dedication to making an impact on the future careers of all your friends has been inspiring.

Roll on Thursday!