UHI Inverness partners with Highland Hospice to promote latest student survey
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Students in Inverness are being encouraged to give feedback about their learning experience – and help the Highland Hospice.
UHI Inverness students voted online and at the Refreshers Fayre for their preferred charity partner and the majority chose the hospice to benefit from a donation linked to the number of completed Student Satisfaction and Engagement Surveys (SSES).
The higher the response rate, the larger the donation the hospice will receive.
The survey was launched today at Inverness Campus when staff helped students complete the survey online.
Students also received information from hospice staff about the services it offers, and the volunteering and work placements available.
Katie Gibb, the hospice’s youth fundraiser, believed it would be a mutually beneficial exercise.
"Highland Hospice does so much, both in our Bishops Road building and out in the wider Highland community, offering many opportunities in terms of volunteering and fundraising," she said.
"It will be a real privilege to share information with the students, and we look forward to many visits from them.
"We would urge all students to embrace the partnership and participate in the survey to help their local hospice."
The hospice provides care and support to people facing life-shortening illness, death and bereavement and also offers advice for the emotional, social and spiritual issues that may arise and works with patients, families and carers at a time of transition to help them enjoy, value and commemorate life.
The award-winning incentive charity approach to encourage student engagement with surveys was first introduced by UHI Inverness in 2022 and has raised donations for Mikeysline, James Support Group and Maggie’s Highland over the last three survey campaigns.
It has also resulted in a record number of responses and cemented lasting associations with these charity partners.
Lindsay Snodgrass, vice principal of UHI Inverness, said the Highland Hospice had touched the lives of many and held a special place in the community.
"We are delighted to partner up with the hospice as we know it will inspire students to share important feedback about their learning experience, and it will also help them connect with a local charity that provides amazing support to their patients, their families and friends," she said.
"I am sure that this new partnership will lead to further collaboration opportunities and a valuable, enduring relationship."
The survey gauges how students feel about their study experience and helps to inform changes and further improvements at UHI Inverness.
The SSES campaign manager, Liz Cook, said: "The survey will provide us with a wealth of information and insight into the student experience that will be analysed and shared across our curriculum and professional services teams as a valuable resource that will act as the basis of further actions and improvements.
"Raising money for charitable concerns is a proven positive motivator for our students and by sharing their views about their learning experience, the students will contribute to a cause they care about."
