In 2023, 35 wonderful students (46% of the class) took the time and trouble to complete the Unit of Study Survey, that’s a fabulous response rate, and provided us (your unit coordinators) with excellent feedback. In addition to the survey, we had called for, and received, a number of feedback emails as well, and a huge thanks to those students too. The mean satisfaction score for ‘quality of teaching by the teacher(s)’ was 3.86 (out of 5.0), down from 4.29 last year, but which is very pleasing as it was only an 11% response rate last year giving us lots of comments and ideas. The scores for the 5 other questions varied from 3.49 to 4.26. Put another way, for each question, approx. 66-91% of students agreed, or strongly agreed, positively with statements such as having good access to valuable learning resources, and the unit improving your confidence for your future professional work. The lowest scoring item at 3.49 / 5.00 was ‘I have been guided by helpful feedback on my learning’. We know from the educational literature that this item is low on student surveys across the world, and we will investigate ways to improve it for next year. We are heartened however by a number of comments around the ‘free’ time provided after lectures for interaction, for example ‘Appreciated the extra time usually given after lectures to discuss group assignments, talk about the lecture content, ask questions, or seek help or feedback from the unit coordinator. It was really helpful to have that time and 'access' to our lecturers’. While the numbers are good, the most important thing I find is the comments you provide. As a qualitative researcher, I look for patterns, clusters and themes in the comments in order to address student concerns. Most students enjoyed the group work assignment, the guest lecturers and the learning resources on Canvas, typical responses being: ‘…The lectures were interesting and the extra learning resources supporting the lectures that were provided each week were helpful.’ And the best thing was… ‘Probably the group assignment and connecting with those people’ There were two things respondents felt most needed improvement: 1. ‘… the quality of the microphones as at times it was hard to understand.’ and 2. The take-home exam format was not popular. We apologise if the sound quality was poor, and we will alert the technical team. Both things will be addressed for next year, thank you for those insights. Some students took the time to give detailed comments, which I really appreciate. We had some great compliments, thank you, and some very useful constructive criticism. One student responded to the question ‘What have been the best aspects of this unit of study?’ with: ‘... [the unit coordinators] made me feel empowered in my learning and helped support me with regard to my many assignment questions. I found the information incredibly interesting … I found [the lecturers] explained these unfamiliar and complex scientific principles in a way that is understandable to their students’. Thank you to that person!