Tell us about your life as a student
Share your views on housing, finance, travel and more. You could win £100 in vouchers!
Student Life Survey 2026

Every year in Semester 2, we run our Student Life Survey, to try and figure out what the biggest challenges facing our students are, both within and beyond college. It covers housing, finance, travel, access to digital resources and the sense of belonging for students more broadly.

The feedback we get is really important to us. It tells us what your biggest challenges are for students, and because we run the survey annually, we have a strong understanding of how trends are developing each year. It takes between 5-10 minutes to complete, and you could have the chance to win up to £100 in Amazon vouchers if you leave your email address at the end. The survey is anonymous, so we encourage you to be as honest as possible.

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Introduction

Thanks for taking part in our annual Student Life Survey. Each year we ask students about the big issues that are impacting their lives, from finance to housing, from your access to digital resources to your commute to College.

The answers you share with us will help shape our work in the coming year. Answers are collected anonymously, and it takes around 10 minutes to fill out. If you would like to enter the prize draw to win up to £100 Amazon vouchers, please submit your email address at the end.

If you provide an email address, we will only use this to contact the winner and will delete this information before analysing the data.

About you

What is your gender?

Your living situation

Where are you currently living?
Your living situation

Your finances

What is your employment status?
What kind of student funding do you receive?
From a scale of 1-5, how much stress do money and finances cause you?
Least stressed
Most stressed
Which aspect of managing your finances is currently the most important to you?

Rank the following college services

Learning spaces (e.g. classrooms, libraries, computer labs, workshops)
Worst
Best
Social spaces (e.g. hub spaces, canteens)
Worst
Best
Outdoor spaces (e.g. benches, smoking areas)
Worst
Best
Toilets
Worst
Best
Wi-Fi
Worst
Best
General cleanliness
Worst
Best

Your time at college

Access to digital learning

Which campus do you attend?

Travel to college

How do you generally travel to campus?

Prize Draw

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