The National Student Survey is open to all final year undergraduate students across the UK to complete each year. It assesses how satisfied students are with the teaching they received in their degree programmes. The 2011 results have just been announced.
We are delighted to say that Sociology at Aberdeen has achieved exceptionally high satisfaction ratings. The overall student satisfaction rate for the department was 97%, placing the department 5th out of 86 universities teaching sociology across the UK. This exceptionally high satisfaction rate reflects, we believe, not just the quality of our teaching but the dedication and commitment of both individual members of staff and the Department as a whole to the undergraduate curriculum. The results indicate that we offer one of the best undergraduate degrees in Sociology in the UK. We will continue to hone the degree to make it as good as it possibly can be. We are totally committed to our undergraduate programme, and we very much strive to live up to the noble aims and fine ideals of the best Scottish university tradition.