Teaching Quality

TRP achieves excellent rating in National Student Survey

The quality of teaching in Sheffield’s Department of Town and Regional Planning (TRP) has again been recognised in excellent results from the National Student Survey (NSS) of 2011. Student satisfaction scores went up from last year in 4 of the 6 areas surveyed and TRP's overall satisfaction rating also climbed from 87% to 89%. This compares favourably with other English planning schools (see below), and TRP's leading position in UK planning research is enabling the department to provide teaching that is both challenging and well-received by it's students. TRP is particularly pleased that Sheffield’s results this year were based around the departments highest ever participation rate in the poll (98%). TRP's students are strongly encouraged to take up opportunities to evaluate the departments teaching such as the NSS throughout their time at Sheffield and to participate in the development of teaching programmes that are at the cutting-edge of the discipline.

	Teaching	Feedback	Academic Support	Organisation and Management	Learning Resources	Personal Development	Overall
Sheffield	92	72	87	86	85	82
Newcastle	73	71	85	84	82	81
Manchester	77	50	68	79	83	71
Liverpool *	78	55	68	78	88	76
UCL*	54	32	52	74	58	68

 * Information shown is for two years rather than one year because the data for one year doesn't meet the publication thresholds. Source: Unistats

The department has a research led mission and furthers the study of Town and Regional Planning by the provision of research training programmes and accredited planning courses.

TRP, the School of Architecture and department of Landscape form the part of the Faculty of Social Sciences. There is a strong commitment to collaboration within the Faculty and many students take modules in the other departments in the Faculty.