Online Surveys for Further Education Colleges

Online Surveys

A secure, easy-to-use survey platform for the further education sector

Gather the insights you need to improve FE learner experience, staff wellbeing and organisational performance — with a survey platform designed for UK education. 

Jisc Online Surveys gives colleges a simple, secure and cost-effective way to run high-quality surveys for staff, learners, apprentices, applicants, parents and employers.

Why colleges choose Online Surveys

Easy to use by all staff

From learner voice surveys and course evaluations, to staff wellbeing, employer feedback and evidence gathering for reporting, Online Surveys gives you everything you need to collect and report meaningful feedback.

Running surveys is straightforward: build, distribute, then analyse.

Build your survey from a wide range of question types in our clean and intuitive survey builder.

Distribute your survey simply using a public link, or use our email list functionality to remind and respondents to boost your response rates. Generate QR codes for all your surveys.

See your data as it comes in. Analyse your data in Online Surveys using a range of visualisations, or export your data in a range of formats including CSV, PDF, Excel and SPSS.

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Gather actionable insights from all your surveys

  • Learner surveys

    Satisfaction, experience, module and course evaluation, digital skills, induction and enrollment, destination and progression

  • Staff surveys

    Wellbeing and engagement, skills and training needs, internal feedback and temperature check 

  • Community & stakeholder feedback

    Parent and carer surveys, local employer engagement, marketing and alumni engagement, open day and event feedback

  • Employer & apprenticeship surveys

    Employer feedback, progress reviews, local and regional skills needs surveys

Fully secure and compliant

Cyber security is one of the top challenges identified by FE leaders.

With Online Surveys you can trust in our GDPR compliant data processing and ISO27001 security standards.

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Actionable insights and data 

Easily export data and summaries to feed into reports, board papers and quality improvement plans.  

A range of filters allows you to explore your data in more depth.

Your data can also be exported into CSV, Excel, SPSS or PDF formats, and individual visualisations can be downloaded from your Analyse dashboards.

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A cost-effective platform, trusted by the sector

As a trusted partner across further education colleges in the UK, Jisc understands sector needs. 

You get:

  • A UK-based service desk 
  • Help guides and access to training webinars
  • Powerful functionality, generous usage limits, and a range of transparent subscription options to suit your needs.
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Key features for further education 

  • Secure EU-based platform 

    Our ISO 27001 certified platform is hosted securely in the European Union, providing enhanced privacy protections under GDPR. All data, both at rest and during transmission, is encrypted using industry-standard protocols to protect user privacy and prevent unauthorised access.

  • Cost-effective subscription options

    Our project and organisation subscription options provide you with generous usage and response limits, and a full range of features.

  • Multiple distribution methods

    Generate a unique link and QR code to share your survey anywhere, or use our powerful email list functionality to upload respondents and track participation rates. Use our pre-population functionality to upload data you already know about your participants.

  • Extensive question types

    All subscription options provide you with the full range of question types, including choice, drop down, grid, rating, ranking, single and multi-line text, date and time, and file upload question types. Use our advanced features like answer validation and piping to enhance your surveys.

  • Conditional logic

    Improve your respondents' survey experience with logic. You can display questions or pages to respondents based on answers they give to earlier quesitons.

  • Charts and summary reports

    See your data as it comes in and visualise your data with our range of charts and tables which you can download for reports. These also come with a range of statistical measures.

  • Easy data export

    Data can be exported into CSV, XLSX, PDF or SPSS formats, allowing you to easily analyse your data or build dashboards.

  • Survey branding

    Use our range of survey theme options to reflect your organisation's brand. Upload your logos and use multimedia fields to customise your surveys.

Start improving your staff and learner experience today ​

Book a demo with one of our Online Surveys specialists. Just contact us at help@jisc.ac.uk with ‘Online Surveys’ in the subject field.

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