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Balancing Responsibilities
Distribution of responses
How institutions vary
What we ask
“I can balance my studies with my other responsibilities.”
What students say, and why
Students want more patience and pacing, especially around exams.
"More patience from instructors during exam periods would help."
Instructors who adjust the pace and give room to practise.
"The teacher checks if everyone’s following, and slows down if not."
"He’s open to me practising at the workplace and gives me responsibility."
Representative, de-identified comments from the lowest- and highest-scoring responses, translated where needed.
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How we measure it
This is the topic-level average across its subtopics, on a 0-10 scale (higher is better), so an individual subtopic can score higher or lower than the topic shown here. Figures are scored responses from the last 12 months, mapped to the 2026 framework via the canonical question mapping; the cross-2020 figure on the Index uses the full response base. Movement compares the most recent six months with the prior six. Distribution bands: 0-4, >4-<8, 8-10. Cross-institution aggregate; no single institution identified; minimum group size applied.
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