Band 9: 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 table illustrates the satisfaction rates of students for three different courses across five particular categories.

Overall, tutor support had the highest proportion of satisfaction in the economics and commerce courses, making it the most satisfying aspect compared with others, while in the law course, the highest rate was for other resources. Another striking point is that the commerce course had by far the largest percentage of satisfaction in pre-course information, tutor support, and both print and other resources compared to the other two subjects.

Looking first at the leading figures, 95% of students were satisfied with the quality of teaching in both economics and commerce, which was relatively higher than that of law, at only 67%. Similarly, the proportion of students satisfied with tutor support in commerce was 93%, followed closely by economics (92%) and distantly by law (79%). In terms of pre-course information, the figure for commerce was 95%, while those for economics and law were considerably lower, at 55% and 72% respectively.

Regarding the remaining categories, while 81% of students in commerce were satisfied with print resources, the figures for economics and law were far lower, at 59% and 70% respectively. Dramatic disparities were also observed in the proportion of students satisfied with other resources in commerce, law, and economics courses, which were 86%, 80%, and 62% respectively.