Student Insights
Listening and acting on the student voice
What We Do
The Union's Insights Team actively listens to the rights, needs and wants of students.
The insights function utilises up-to-date information, key data sets and feedback from students to provide effective insights that drive our charitable work.
Contact the team by emailing: insights@upsu.net
How We Can Help
The Students' Union Insights Team facilitates a range of research activity on behalf of UPSU, the University of Portsmouth and key partners.
- Focus groups
- Interactive surveys
- Market research
- Data set analysis
If you are a member of staff at the University of Portsmouth and are looking for support with a research project, please complete this form.
Live Projects
Upcoming Projects
Groups Participation
Consultation reviewing what participation opportunities the Union offers.
Read MoreUnder Analysis
UoP Wellbeing Charter Consultation
The University of Portsmouth is working with the Students' Union to develop a Wellbeing Charter for staff and students.
Read MoreComplete Projects
StART Talking Week January 20
StART is the Student and Academic Representation Tool which is designed to capture the conversations, thoughts and opinions that student have on various areas of the Union and the University.
Read MoreTimetabling
Research was conducted to gather student feedback on timetabling, in order to identify how we could improve it to better suit students.
Read MoreSports Delivery
Review of the new structure of sports delivery to ensure it is fit for purpose and suits the needs of students.
Read MoreGreat Big Student Survey
We're running this survey to find out what your priorities are and to make sure we're focusing on them.
Read MoreStART Talking Week October 19
StART is the Student and Academic Representation Tool which is designed to capture the conversations, thoughts and opinions that student have on various areas of the Union and the University.
Read MoreNational Student Survey 2019
A national independent survey that gathers honest opinions from third (or final) year undergraduate students about their educational experience.
Read MoreSabbatical Officer Review
This survey has been created to explore student perceptions of our current Sabbatical Officer (Sabbs) structure and our proposals to review and alter this for the 2020/21 academic year.
Read MoreShop Services Focus Groups
Student feedback on existing and potential for products and services offered by the Union Shop and Reception.
Read MoreContent Capture
An online survey collating feedback from students and staff on the implementation of content capture at the University of Portsmouth.
Read MoreStressless Focus Groups
Student feedback on the provision of the Union's Stressless campaign, supporting students throughout exam periods.
Read MoreStART 2018/19
StART is the Student and Academic Representation Tool which is designed to capture the conversations, thoughts and opinions that student have on various areas of the Union and the University.
Read MoreRemote Studying Students
Online survey investigating the rights, wants and needs of remote studying students.
Read MoreStudent Groups
Feedback from student focus groups on how the groups are run and how the Union can offer further support.
Read MoreBus Service
Consultation with students to collect their feedback on changes to the University bus service.
Read MoreUse of Technology
Consultation to explore how the Union use technology to improve students’ experience
Read MoreNational Student Survey 2018
A national independent survey that gathers honest opinions from third (or final) year undergraduate students about their educational experience.
Read MoreSports Flooring
Feedback on the proposed sports hall flooring in the new Sports Centre opening September 2020
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