Student Course Evaluation Form (SCEF)

During a course, students should be provided with the opportunity to provide feedback on a course, using a Student Course Evaluation Form.

SCEFs are available online and should be created by the administration team with responsibility for a course. The form is flexible in that it allows Schools to design their own questions to elicit feedback specifically in relation to their courses and School.

The SCEF is the cornerstone of the University’s mechanisms for seeking feedback from students. The SCEF exercise is undertaken each half-session for all courses offered. The main features of the exercise are:

• Course Co-ordinators discuss the outcome with the Course Team and report to the Head of School
• Heads of School report to their Staff: Student Liaison Committee and College Director of Teaching and Learning, and to the Quality Assurance Committee
• Policy issues are referred to the University Committee on Teaching and Learning
• Standard forms to assist Course Co-ordinators and Heads of School in reporting the outcome of the SCEF and course review exercises

Although it is a Head of School’s responsibility to ensure that the exercise is conducted, in practice Course Co-ordinators are responsible for organising such feedback. Further details are provided in the Academic Quality Handbook.