The Student Academic Experience Survey conducted by the Higher Education Policy Institute and the Higher Education Academy has been running since 2006. The 2017 survey included a new question on self-reported learning gain: 'Since starting your course how much do you feel you have learnt?' Respondents could answer that they had learned 'a lot', 'a little', 'not much' or 'nothing'. The sample size was 14,057 undergraduate students across the UK and the fieldwork was undertaken by YouthSight. In this Policy Note, Tim Blackman analysed answers to this question for relationships with answers to other questions in the survey, some interesting patterns become apparent. Particularly striking is the strength of the relationship with the quality of teaching, even when controlling for the effects of other variables. In this Policy Note, Blackman's analysis reveals that students' self-reported learning gain is linked to: (1) having access to high-quality teaching; (2) undertaking high levels of independent study (especially above 20 hours a week); (3) providing support for students with low wellbeing; (4) avoiding high levels of paid work (above 17 hours a week); (5) location of study, with extra challenges for London-based students; and (6) studying at an institution with a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework.