Regent College London (RCL) is proud to report strong results in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2026, with high positivity scores across the survey’s core themes.
RCL continues to outperform the England average across most themes, particularly assessment and feedback, student voice, organisation and management, and learning opportunities.
Conducted between January and April 2026, the NSS is an annual survey that gathers feedback from final-year undergraduate students across the UK about their higher education experience. RCL achieved a strong response rate of 72%, demonstrating a high level of student engagement.
Headline results
These figures have been rounded to the nearest whole percentage point.
- 90% responded positively to the teaching on their course
- 90% responded positively to the learning opportunities provided
- 89% responded positively to the academic support provided
- 89% responded positively to assessment and feedback
Key strengths
RCL outperformed the England average in the following themes:
- Assessment and feedback: 5.4 percentage points higher
- Student voice: 5.2 percentage points higher
- Organisation and management: 4.4 percentage points higher
- Learning opportunities: 3.6 percentage points higher
- Teaching on my course: 1.6 percentage points higher
Several individual questions also produced particularly strong results. When asked whether assessments had allowed them to demonstrate what they had learned, 95% of students responded positively, making this RCL’s highest-scoring question in this year’s survey.
Strong results were also recorded for teaching staff explaining things clearly (93%), course development of knowledge and skills (92%), freedom of expression (92%) and communication of mental wellbeing support (91%).
The score for communication of mental wellbeing support was 2.4 percentage points higher than in 2025 and 5.4 percentage points above the England average.
Explore the data
The National Student Survey provides valuable insights that help universities, colleges and students’ unions identify strengths and areas for improvement. Its results also help prospective students make informed decisions about where and what to study.
RCL is proud of this year’s results, with positive responses remaining high and performance exceeding the England average across most themes. We sincerely thank every RCL student who participated in the survey and made their voice heard. Their feedback is invaluable and will help us continue to enhance the student experience.
Explore the NSS 2026 results and filter the data by registering provider, mode of study and subject.
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