Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 December 2012
213. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the implementation of a national student satisfaction survey for third level students has been delayed by 12 months; the reason for this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54271/12]
View answerA working group chaired by the HEA which includes institutional and student representatives has been established to oversee the introduction of the new national student survey which is being introduced as part of the reform programme. I understand that it had been planned that a pilot of the new National Student Survey would be ready to be tested during the third quarter of this year. However, more time was required to finalise the survey instrument. This further developmental work is currently underway and measures are also being taken to raise awareness of the survey among higher education institutions and students in advance of the roll out of a full scale national pilot in the first quarter of 2013.
