UoNSU Insight Team Shanai Momi (Supported by Sophie Hammond) July 2018 Sutton Bonington Kegworth Konnect Survey Introduction This report for the Guild explores the online survey conducted to find out about the accessibility, transport and healthcare at Sutton Bonington (SB) Campus. Data collection was conducted during the middle of June 2018 through 13 questions. These questions consisted of individual responses (free text comments) and multiple choice questions. The survey gathered 327 student responses, this report will not only analyse these responses, but also provide recommendations for the Guild to implement. Main Analysis Q1. Are you a student or member of the community? This first question was a quick way of discovering who was answering the survey. No one skipped this question and it was found that all 327 people were students. This is beneficial as SB students are most affected by factors relating to SB, therefore, they will have the most insight regarding these matters. However, if the Guild would like to have the opinions of the wider community members aside from students, then it would be useful to conduct an additional survey aimed at this demographic. Q2. Please tell us about your accommodation and community experiences. This question had three subparts to it. The first was to name the area which they lived in e.g. Kegworth, Nottingham or SB. The majority of respondents were living in SB (on campus). There are a substantial proportion also living in both Nottingham and Kegworth, and some lived in Grantham and Lenton. 100% of the 327 surveyed answered this question. 86.9% answered the second part of the three-part question whilst 82.3% answered the third. One possible reason for not gaining more answers is that people, particularly students, do not have the time to fit out individual answers and would prefer option boxes. What could make you feel more a And what currently Recommendations part of the community? gets in the way of this? ‘More activities between campuses’ ‘There are none’ There is a need for more regular and ‘Nothing really’ varied activities to cater to every student. ‘Activities closer to 5pm’ ‘As I commute, waiting Weekly classes in sports, arts, movie until 8:30 for a group nights, cooking etc should be introduced ‘Moe activity at SB- super quiet and to start is unrealistic’ to provide SB students with a heightened seems like no one lives here’ zeal for their studies. These sessions should be conducted at a range of times and advertised well enough to get students to come - which will automatically increase the buzz on campus. ‘Better integration with SB students Poor transport This issue was one of the most common and main campuses’ Not enough done by topics addressed in the survey, therefore, ‘More inclusion with University Park’ university this should be resolved. ‘More transport links into Sutton Bonington and a student union in the Regular transport between the campuses village maybe’ Not enough people will allow for more integration and a sense ‘Having more regular buses to want to go to the barn, of inclusion with SB students who live far campus and Nottingham’ would be nice if a lot from the main campuses. This will ‘Better transport links’ went to the pub or if decrease loneliness and course we had a bar in the performance is likely to prosper. village for students’ ‘Not having a bus at all’ ‘More events in the community such Similar to the desire and need for an N/A as at the pubs or in SB and not just increase in activities on campus, the on campus’ desire for more events was repeatedly 1 UoNSU Insight Team Shanai Momi (Supported by Sophie Hammond) July 2018 ‘Things on an evening not just expressed. It is recommended that weekly weekends e.g. dance classes or pub quizzes (with ‘good prizes’) are cooking lessons’ introduced. Other events include course ‘No events that people are aware of events and year group events that can be happening’ arranged to give students something to look forward to. ‘Knowing my neighbours’ The distance between students and ‘Lack of communal ‘Knowing more students’ residents became clear when analysing the events’ ‘Local residents being friendlier’ responses. This tension and hostility ‘Their hatred for ‘Students and residents not arguing’ between the groups is unhealthy and students therefore needs to be addressed for better ‘Facebook tension’ quality of living. An event could be arranged such as a ‘meet and greet’ with students and residents having lunch together. Alternatively, a leaflet documenting the student’s aims of living there could be handed out to show their intention is not to disrupt. ‘Day trip to the near cities’ The notion of day trips is simple, therefore, ‘No time’ this could be easily organised at a small cost to students. A bus/coach trip into the surrounding cities such as Loughborough and Nottingham could be organised with an early departure to maximise the time spent in the city itself. ‘Feeling safer in the area’ (Lenton This is a rife issue presented to the council Crime resident) and university. Many students feel unsafe, particularly in Lenton. It is therefore necessary for the housing and accommodation services at the university to be highlighted to students who feel this way. Checks on private rented accommodation to ensure for CCTV, alarms and insurance can be promoted via student Facebook pages and on the UoN social medias. Q3. Thinking back to when the Kegworth service was initially cancelled, would prior knowledge of this decision have affected your accommodation choices? 2 UoNSU Insight Team Shanai Momi (Supported by Sophie Hammond) July 2018 Q3. THINKING BACK TO WHEN THE KEGWORTH SERVICE WAS INITIALLY CANCELLED, WOULD PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS DECISION HAVE AFFECTED YOUR ACCOMMODATION CHOICES? 7% Yes No Other 38% 55% As 55% of those asked said that the knowledge of the Kegworth service would have affected their accommodation choices, it is apparent that more awareness must be raised in order to help future residents with their accommodation choices. This transport service (or lack of) could be highlighted in numerous ways, particularly via SMS, brochures, leaflets and emails all sent out prior to the final decision making. Apparent in the pie chart above, 7% stated ‘other’. Such responses include that some people have their own cars, so it did not affect them in the same way it did their friends. Other students noted that they could try and be a passenger in their friends’ cars. Most stated they were not students at that time whilst many stated that if they lived in Kegworth then they would have been seriously affected. This demonstrates the grave problem of transport that needs to be fixed with the introduction of bus links. Q4. There are university owned houses available to students on College Road. Prior to this survey were you aware these houses existed? University owned housing (in %) 100 80 60 72.6 53.7 40 46.3 20 27.4 0 Yes No Prior to this survey were you aware these houses existed? Would you ever consider living in one of these houses? As portrayed through the bar chart, 72.6% of those surveyed said that they were aware of these houses existence in comparison to the 27.4% who said they were unaware. It is worth considering why students 3 UoNSU Insight Team Shanai Momi (Supported by Sophie Hammond) July 2018 may or may not have chosen to then live in these houses. Perhaps more advertising is required on the website to make sure everyone knows about the available options. These differences in percentages are echoed in the follow-up question whereby 53.7% said they would consider living in one of these houses opposed to 46.3% of those students who said they would not consider it. At an almost 50/50 split, it should be noted what is detracting people away from these houses. Are the prices too high? Is there easy transport links near there? These factors should be examined in more detail as the housing is not desired by just under half of those surveyed therefore business is not profiting to the maximum. Q5. We've been made aware that the journey to university for some students is not deemed satisfactory and at times unsafe, we'd like to explore where the problem lies and begin to understand how we can find a solution for this. We're focusing on two specific roads, Station Road (after the canal bridge) and College Road. If you do not travel on these roads then please choose not applicable in the drop down menu or move to the next question. We’d like to know the main issues you experience for each type of transport you use, if you do not use some of these methods just skip these. Main issue: The following section contains screenshots from the graphs produced by survey monkey – they represent what students believe are the main issues for the transport options (walk, cycle, drive and public transport) in percentages. Below is the key for these graphs and a table displaying the amount of students who walk, cycle, drive or take public transport as their main mode of transport. Main mode of transport: Amount of students (not including N/A): Walk 220 Cycle 150 Drive 219 Public Transport 132 Walk: It is evident from the graph below that the narrow paths or roads were viewed as the biggest issue (37.2%) for the 220 students who walk and pot holes or uneven surfaces are the issue which least concern them (1%). Cycle: From the graph below we can see that of the 150 students who cycled 26.2% thought that pot holes or uneven surfaces were a main issue and 22.9% thought that the speed of drivers was the main issue.