Band 7+: The table below shows the results of a survey where first-year students were asked to rate some aspects of their courses. The figures show the proportions of students who rated their course very good. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given graph provides information about the percentage of first year students who rate different aspects of their course as being “very good”.

Overall, students studying Commerce appear to be the most pleased with the resources provided by the college for their course. It is also clear that Law has the lowest scores in teaching, tutor, and printed materials, whereas Economics receives the lowest ratings for pre-course information and other resources.

For Commerce, an average of 94% of first year students find that pre-course information, teaching, and tutor are very good, while just over 80% find the printed resources and other resources to be also very nice.

As for Economics, teaching has the highest rating, at 95%, equal to Commerce, followed by tutoring at 90% and printed material at 81%. Pre-course information receives a significantly lower rating at only 59%, whereas other resources are rated at 60% at the same time.

Turning to Law, teaching is the worst, with only 62% of students giving a “very good” rating. However, Law performs better in terms of other resources, achieving a relatively high rating of 80%. Meanwhile, ratings for printed, pre-course information, and tutor materials are ranging from 70% to 76%.