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La Trobe University
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Centre

Student Feedback on Subjects and Teaching

Note: Please submit the request for any Student Feedback survey form at least 10 working days prior to your planned administration date. If the Feedback Team receive requests with less advance notice, the Planning and Institutional Performance Unit (PIPU) cannot guarantee provision of forms by your requested date.
Contact us at: 94791911

Student Feedback Process Deadlines: Semester 2, 2011

The deadlines for the Student Feedback of Subject and Teaching (including Tutoring, Workshop Demonstrating) for Semester 2 are shown below:

Deadline for receipt of survey orders: Close of business, Friday 16 September
Deadline for return of completed surveys: Close of business, Friday 28 October
Release of individual reports: Week beginning Monday 19 December


To ensure timely processing of results please note that any orders or completed surveys arriving after the above cut-off dates will not be processed by the Feedback Team unless in exceptional circumstances.   This means that individual reports will NOT be provided or included in Semester Two aggregate reports. 

Please also note that requests for any Student Feedback survey form must be made at least 10 working days prior to the planned administration date. If the Feedback Team receives requests with less than 10 days notice, we cannot guarantee provision of forms by the requested date.

Please do NOT recycle any Student Feedback survey forms from previous semesters because they will not be processed by the Feedback Team.

Surveys should be administered between Monday 3 October and Friday 21 October (Weeks 10-12). According to the Student Feedback on Subject and Teaching Procedures (Policy Database Document Reference Number 116003D and 116004D), surveys are not to be administered in the final week or final session of a subject. They may be administered after approximately 75% of teaching is completed (usually during Weeks 10-12 of a 13-week semester or at an equivalent point during other teaching schedules).

If you have any questions about the student feedback process, please contact student.feedback@latrobe.edu.au.

Feedback forms

Please note there are different feedback forms for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Please contact Andy Chong on 9479 1911 or email student.feedback@latrobe.edu.au.

Type of Survey Who is eligible to request? How often can I request? How do I request? Deadline for return  of completed surveys Sample
Student Feedback on Subject (SFSU)
  • A faculty, school or department nominated representative.
  •  In the first semester of offer for all new undergraduate subjects
  •  At least annually for first-year subjects
  •  At least once every two years during which the subject is offered (each time if it taught for subjects taught in alternate years)
 The faculty, school or department nominated representative should email student.feedback@latrobe.edu.au to action the request. Close of business, Friday 28 October Sample SFSU form
Postgraduate Feedback on Subject (PFSU)
  • A faculty, school or department nominated representative.
  •  In the first semester of offer for new subjects
  •  At least annually for first-year subjects
  •  At least once every two years during which the subject is offered (each time if it taught for subjects taught in alternate years)
 The faculty, school or department nominated representative should email student.feedback@latrobe.edu.au to action the request. Close of business, Friday 28 October Sample PFSU form
Student Feedback on Teaching (SFTE)
  • Any member of La Trobe University continuing teaching staff can request a SFTE.
  • Subject coordinators can initiate requests for SFTE forms on behalf of casual teaching staff who conduct lectures.
  •  An SFTE questionnaire will be administered in at least one subject in each teaching period during which a staff member is teaching.
  •  Selection of the subject(s) in which students are to be surveyed will be made in consultation with the Head of School or performance supervisor.
 Please submit your request at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/ctlc/studentfeedback/request.php?type=SFTE Close of business, Friday 28 October Sample SFTE form
Student Feedback on Tutoring (SFTU)
  • Academic staff who are tutoring for subjects in which they also may or may not lecture can request their own SFTUs.
  • Subject coordinators can initiate requests for SFTU forms on behalf of casual teaching staff who conduct tutorials.
  •  An SFTU questionnaire will be administered in at least one subject in each teaching period during which a staff member is teaching.
  • Selection of the subject(s) in which students are to be surveyed will be made in consultation with the Head of School or performance supervisor.
 The tutor or subject coordinator should email student.feedback@latrobe.edu.au to action the request. Close of business, Friday 28 October Sample SFTU form
Student Feedback on Demonstrating (SFDE)
  • Academic staff who are conducting practical classes for subjects in which they also may or may not lecture can request their own SFDEs.
  • Subject coordinators can initiate requests for SFDE forms on behalf of casual teaching staff who conduct laboratory practical classes.
  •  An SFDE questionnaire will be administered in at least one subject in each teaching period during which a staff member is teaching.
  • Selection of the subject(s) in which students are to be surveyed will be made in consultation with the Head of School or performance supervisor.
 The demonstrator or subject coordinator should email student.feedback@latrobe.edu.au to action the request. Close of business, Friday 28 October Sample SFDE form
Student Feedback on Workshop (SFWO)
  • Academic staff who are conducting workshops for subjects in which they also lecture can request their own SFWOs.
  • Subject coordinators can initiate requests for SFWO forms on behalf of casual teaching staff who conduct workshops.
  •  An SFWO questionnaire will be administered in at least one subject in each teaching period during which a staff member is teaching.
  •  Selection of the subject(s) in which students are to be surveyed will be made in consultation with the Head of School or performance supervisor.
 The facilitator or subject coordinator should email student.feedback@latrobe.edu.au to action the request. Close of business, Friday 28 October Sample SFWO
Postgraduate Feedback on Teaching (PFTE)
  • Any member of La Trobe University continuing teaching staff who is teaching a postgraduate coursework subject can request a PFTE.
  • Subject coordinators can initiate requests for PFTE forms on behalf of casual teaching staff who conduct lectures.
  •  A PFTE questionnaire will be administered in at least one subject in each teaching period during which a staff member is teaching.
  • Selection of the subject(s) in which students are to be surveyed will be made in consultation with the Head of School or performance supervisor.
 Please submit your request at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/ctlc/studentfeedback/request.php?type=PFTE Close of business, Friday 28 October Sample PFTE form

Student feedback policies and procedures