Education funding, student support and the cost of living
The Pound In Your Pocket: Survey Results - Interim Report (2012)
A report presenting interim findings from the Pound in Your Pocket Survey, which asked students in further and higher about their experiences of and attitudes to the financial support system.
Mapping the Evidence - A review of the Literature: Student Financial Support in Further and Higher Education (2012)
A report commissioned by NUS presenting an overview of the student financial support structures across further and higher education and identifying gaps in the evidence.
NUS/HSBC Student Experience Report 2010-11: Finance and Debt
This mini-report from the NUS/HSBC series explores students' attitudes to tuition fees and debt, sources of funding, and the support students receive from home.
Still in the Red: Student Finance in 2010 (2010)
A report documenting the findings of a survey of over 7,000 Scottish students’ finances and experiences of the student support system.
Broke and Broken: taught postgraduate students on funding and finance (2010)
This report takes a look at the financial situation of taught postgraduate students and considers how financial concerns shape and define the taught postgraduate student experience.
NUS/Unipol (2010) Accommodation Costs Survey
The latest instalment of the NUS/Unipol biannual survey of costs and trends in student accommodation.
Broke and Broken: a critique of the higher education funding system (2009)
A 2009 critique of the higher education funding system for undergraduate provision in England, making the case for
a wide and comprehensive review of the system.
NUS/LSN (2008) The True Cost of College: the price students pay for further education
Key findings and conclusions of an NUS/LSN study of the full cost to individuals of participating in further education in England and Wales.
Evaluating Estrangement (2008)
A report examining the estrangement application process in Higher Education student finance.
Further Education
NUS and LSIS (2012) Complex needs, complex choices: The role of Career Learning, Information and Guidance in the Further Education and Skills sector
This report presents the findings from research commissioned by NUS and LSIS exploring the complexity of the research needs of learners in the FE sector in relations to information, advice and guidance.
Higher Education Student Experience Research 2012
Student Experience Research 2012: Part 1
The first report from our extensive QAA-funded research project exploring teaching and learning in 21st Century higher education.
Student Experience Research 2012: Part 2
The second report in our new QAA-funded series, focusing on students' experiences of and attitudes towards contact hours and independent learning.
Student Experience Research 2012: Part 3
The third report in our new QAA-funded series compares students' experiences of and attitudes to learning and teaching in different subject areas.
Student Experience Research 2012: Part 4
The fourth report in our new QAA-funded series explores students' experiences of studying in their first year and the information available to them.
NUS/HSBC Higher Education Student Experience Research 2010-11
Student Experience Report
The full 2010/11 Student Experience Report exploring students' expectations and experience of university.
Finance and Debt
This mini-report from the NUS/HSBC series explores students' attitudes to tuition fees and debt, sources of funding, and the support students receive from home.
Employability
Mini-report focusing on student employment and post-course plans.
School Leavers
Mini-report discussing school leavers' motivations and expectations of university.
Teaching and Learning
Mini-report exploring findings focusing on the Higher Education teaching and learning experience.
Internationalisation and Religion
Mini-report documenting findings relating to the integration of international students, studying abroad, and the internationalisation of the curriculum.
Student Welfare and Communities
Scottish Government/NUS (2011) Silently Stressed: a survey into student mental well-being
A research report detailing the findings of a survey into student wellbeing and mental health, funded by the Healthier Scotland (Scottish Government).
Beyond Borders: a mapping project of international students' engagement in the Scottish higher education learning experience (2011)
A mapping project of international students' engagement in Scottish higher education, funded by the Scottish Government.
NUS Services/Higher Education Academy (2011) First year attitudes towards, and skills in, sustainable development
This Higher Education Academy-funded research into Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) reviewed first year students' attitudes towards, and skills in, education for sustainable development.
NUS/UUK (2010) Living Together, Working Together
A collection of case studies illustrating the many creative initiatives run by institutions and students' unions to address issues relating to students in the community. Co-published by NUS and UUK.
NOCTIS/NUS Services (2010) Behind the Headlines: social norms and student alcohol consumption
This study sought an understanding of current social norms on a typical student night out, developing awareness not only of individual behaviours, but of student opinions on student drinking habits as a whole, indicating that media representation is overstated and representative of only a minority.
Equality and Diversity
No Place for Hate: hate crimes and incidents in further and higher education: race and ethnicity (2012)
The full and executive summary reports from our Home Office-funded research exploring the extent and nature of hate crime and incidents on campus related to race and ethnicity.
No Place for Hate: hate crimes and incidents in further and higher education: religion and belief (2012)
The full and executive summary reports from our Home Office-funded research exploring the extent and nature of hate crime and incidents on campus related to religion and belief.
No Place for Hate: hate crimes and incidents in further and higher education: disability (2012)
The full and executive summary reports from our Home Office-funded research exploring the extent and nature of hate crime and incidents on campus related to disability.
No Place for Hate: hate crimes and incidents in further and higher education: sexual orientation and gender identity (2011) (Executive Summary) (Full Report)
The full and executive summary reports from our Home Office-funded research exploring the extent and nature of hate crime and incidents on campus related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
Home Office/NUS (2011) Hate Crime Interim Report: exploring students' understanding, awareness and experiences of hate incidents
Key interim findings from our Home Office-funded research exploring the extent and nature of hate incidents on campus.
Race for Equality: a report on the experiences of Black students in further and higher education (2011)
A report exploring why Black students are less likely to be satisfied with their student experience and why they are less likely to achieve a first class degree in comparison to their white peers.
Hidden Marks: a study of women students' experiences of harassment, stalking, violence and sexual assault (2010) (second edition)
An online survey of 2000 women students, exploring prevalence of harassment, violence, stalking and sexual assault, experiences of reporting, and the impact of violence on education.
Life, Not Numbers: a report into the experiences of disabled students in higher education using personal care packages (2010)
A report into how the funding and administration of disabled students' personal care packages impacts their experience of higher education; based on in-depth qualitative interviews.
Finding the Way in FE (2010)
Report examining disabled students' participation in further education.
Meet the Parents: the experience of students with children in further and higher education (2009)
Our groundbreaking 2009 research investigating the day-to-day experiences of students with dependent children in the UK.