"Studiebarometeret", or the "Study barometer", is the result of a national survey carried out by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Research. The purpose of the survey is to assess how students view the quality of study programmes at Norwegian universities and university colleges. The survey is sent to 70 000 students in the second year of their bachelor's or master's degree.
Among the good news for the Centre for Gender Research is the high response rate among its students. At BA level, 64,3% of students have responded to the survey.
The results show that students at STK are happy with many aspects of their studies. Among BA students in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, overall satisfaction with the study programme was rated at 4,3 of 5. The average score for the overarching category Sociology was 3,7. At MA level, students on the Gender Studies programme rated their overall satisfaction at 4.6 of 5, compared to an average of 3.9 for the overarching category Social Sciences and Law.
A particularly positive result relates to information about and contact with working life. Here, we see an improvement at BA level from a rating of 1,7 in 2021 to 2,5 in 2022. STK has recently begun to offer a work placement course to students at BA and MA level. Student adviser Helle Pedersen Granum has also organized several career evenings where STK alumni talk about their own paths from studies to working life. The hope is therefore that the positive trend will continue.
Explaining the overall satisfaction among students at STK, Granum points to the positive contribution made by teaching staff at the centre, but also to the stimulating environment that the students themselves have created. The centre has two active student associations: the Students' Feminist Association (SFF) and the Student Group for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies. These groups foster student engagement by making new spaces for academic discussions, and by helping students get to know one another socially.
STK would like to thank all the students that have taken the time to participate in the survey, and we encourage as many as possible to respond in the autumn!