Section 7: Occupant Satisfaction and Code Information Requirements

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Managers will ensure that:

7.00 A satisfaction survey of the occupants is carried out at least annually, covering both qualitative and quantitative elements including (as a minimum) the following:

  • Staff responsiveness;

  • Knowledge that the educational establishment is a member of this Code;

  • Reporting and rectification of repairs

  • Level of amenities provided (catering services, internet access, communal areas);

  • Adequacy of facilities provided (kitchens, laundry, etc;

  • Student care;

  • Security;

  • The environment and sustainability;

  • Overall levels of satisfaction.

7.01 The results of these surveys are analysed, published, effectively communicated to students and students unions, and used to focus further improvement;

7.02 The educational establishment supplies the following up-to-date information to the NCA (not less than annually) as part of their Code obligations:

For each building:

  • Name and postal address (with postcode);

  • Number of storeys;

  • Number of bed spaces;

  • Name of the building manager (or equivalent) and contact details (email, postal address and phone number);

  • Number of bed spaces let by year;

  • Number of home and international students housed in each building by year.

This information remains confidential to the NCA but will be shared, on a non-identifiable basis, with the Office for National Statistics, the Department for Education and the Ministry of Levelling Up Housing and Communities.