Student feedback on teaching and learning

What you'll be asked to complete

During your studies, you'll be invited to complete short surveys about your units and teaching via email or through your unit of study Canvas page.

These surveys are designed to be quick, easy and meaningful. You may also be given time in class to complete it.

As with all University activities, your feedback should align with the Student Charter and should be constructive feedback.

Teacher Check-in (TCI)

During mid-semester (Weeks 5–6), you can complete this short survey to share feedback while your units are still running. This means your teaching team can:

review your feedback in real time
make adjustments where possible
improve your experience during the unit.

The TCI survey is open from 31 August to 11 September.

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Student Experience of Teaching (SET)

At the end of the semester, you can complete this short survey about your overall unit and learning experience. You’ll be asked about:

how your units are organised
the support you received
teaching practices
your overall learning experience.

SET replaces the Unit of Study Survey (USS) for most units.

Why your feedback matters

Your feedback plays an important role in improving teaching and learning at the University. It helps:

improve units and teaching
support teaching staff to review and improve their practices
recognise effective teaching.

All survey responses are de-identified before they are shared.

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<p>Given the survey data is confidential (teachers will not know who has provided feedback) and is released after grading is finalised, your feedback will not affect your grades.</p>

Survey feedback doesn't affect your grades

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Seeing the impact of your feedback

Your feedback doesn't just get collected, it's used to improve your student experience. Teaching teams review student feedback and make changes where possible.

You may see the impact of your feedback through:

updates shared in class
communication from your unit coordinator
future changes to teaching, units and courses.

This process is part of 'closing the loop,' where your feedback is acknowledged, acted on and shared back with you. This helps ensure your feedback is valued and contributes to improving the student experience.

Providing feedback

Constructive feedback

Your feedback is most helpful when its clear, specific and constructive. It’s a chance to share what supported your learning, what didn’t and what could be improved.

This helps ensure your feedback can be used to support continuous improvement and recognition of great teaching.

What does constructive feedback look like?

Here are some examples to guide you.

Instead of...	Try...
“The lectures weren’t helpful”	“The lecture examples helped, but more real-world examples would make the content easier to understand.”
“The tutorials were boring”	“More interactive activities or discussion in tutorials would help keep students engaged.”

Incentives

Students who complete a survey may be eligible to enter a prize draw.

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Privacy and confidentiality

Your responses are confidential and reported in a way that protects your identity.

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What students are saying

It’s good when I see them saying we’re going to make these changes for future students.

Semester 1 SET pilot, student participant

I love the fact that the surveys are formative... it’s about improvement, not judgement.

Semester 1 SET pilot, student participant

Last updated: 02 June 2026

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