Institutional report

Participating universities receive an Institutional Report containing institution-specific results of all the surveys they choose to administer i.e. SASSE and LSSE. SASSE’s participation agreements prevent institution-specific results being made public, but a sample report is available for review. A breakdown of each of the report sections is provided below.

• LSSE Snapshot report

Overview of your institution’s survey administration

• LSSE-SASSE comparison report

The LSSE-SASSE Comparison report shows responses from both students and lecturers at your institution who completed SASSE and LSSE. This report contains responses from lecturers who responded to the survey based on their experiences teaching either a first-year or senior module/subject or both.

• Frequency distributions
  

The LSSE Frequencies Report is based on information from all lecturers at your institution who responded to the survey. This includes those who reported that they teach mostly first-year modules, mostly senior modules (second year and later) or reported that they teach an equal number of first-year and senior modules.

• Respondent characteristics

This section of the report provides an overview of the characteristics of your respondents. This data is not weighted.

Using LSSE data

LSSE data is used to build on our understanding of students’ engagement. Access to selected publications are provided here to illustrate how the data has been used.

The 2017 book, Engaging Students: Using Evidence to Promote Student Success includes a chapter on the LSSE. To access Chapter 4 ‘Building Academic Capacity through Student Engagement’ click here. 

In 2018, Universities South Africa (USAf), in collaboration with the SASSE team published a three-part report series on ‘Understanding our Students’. The third report in particular used LSSE data to reflect on quality teaching and learning. Click here to access this report.

The LSSE data has also featured prominently in conference presentations and user workshops. Click here for the 2018 HELTASA presentation on developing university teachers.