The National Student Survey could be axed thanks to a new government review announced on September 10 due to fears of score inflation.
The annual survey compiles responses from final year university students across the country to deduce which universities are best.
Universities are then awarded a score based on their student satisfaction, quality of teaching and quality of resources among other elements.
Nottingham Trent University overall received 87% student satisfaction from their final year students, four percent above the national average.
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However, in the government announcement, it was revealed that drastic changes could be made to the survey in future years.
The announcement stated the Office of Students would “undertake a radical, root and branch review” of the survey in order to ensure its validity.
This comes amid concerns that better scores from universities are achieved through the “dumbing down” and “spoon-feeding of students”, rather than providing students with the skills they need to succeed in the workplace.
They add: “Some of the worst courses in the country, in terms of drop-out rates and progression to highly skilled employment, receive high NSS scores.”
The government is also aware of some reports that institutions across the country “deliberately encouraging their final year students to answer positively with incentives or messaging about their future career prospects” in order to obtain a higher average score.
Last year, NTU final year students were offered a Ā£5 food voucher to spend on campus as an incentive to take part in the survey.
However, the university did not use this to incentivise a positive score from their students.
By Faith Pring