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Opinionpanel is the independent market research agency dedicated to understanding students before, during and after their time at university.

 
 
 
  • Each month we give £50 for the most interesting article submitted by one of our panellists.

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    By Anna Holdsworth
    July 2009
    Meeting new people, or should I say, students, we know the scenario, the standard questions, where are you from, what are you studying, and oh, a gap year? Did you really? How interesting, where did you go?
    Thailand
    Thailand
    Thailand
    YAWN. No offense meant to those of you who’ve been

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    By Tom Gilchrist
    June 2009

    “Students! Bloody students again!” If you’re like me then this is one of those refrains you’ll have seen and heard countless times, whether from that family next-door who hate
  • Laura Cobb image
    By Laura Cobb
    May 2009
    Generation Y. Us! A generation of technological information absorbing, time wasting zombies infatuated with texting, instant messaging, blogging, social networking, and oh yes, the latest craze…facebooking! With 100 million users
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    By Amy Smith
    April 2009
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    Our debut Video Article of the Month is from Amy Smith who has produced a video on why she loves Facebook. She talks about how she uses Facebook to organise
  • Samantha Williams (editor) image
    By Samantha Williams (editor)
    March 2009
    We asked members of The Student Panel to share their best money saving tips with us. We received contributions from the cities of  London, Belfast, Leeds, Edinburgh and Glasgow and
  • Rebecca Spencer image
    By Rebecca Spencer
    February 2009
    I'm 22, have spent over £3000 on getting a degree, lost 3 years work experience and wages and at present I'm being paid £6.00 an hour to answer telephones. Not

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News
  • 27/05/09 - Opinionpanel and The Knowledge Partnership launch COMPARe for Higher Education institutions (HEIs)
    Click here to download a brochure. COMPARe stands for Course Optimisation for Marketing, Portfolio Assessment and Review. It is a new set of research and consultant-supported review approaches that let HEIs dovetail their market assurance process with
  • 07/05/09 - The Academic Experience of Students
    Once again, Opinionpanel has helped the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) with the latest wave of their ongoing research into ‘The Academic Experience of Students in English Universities’. The 2009 report published recently follows HEPI’s two previous surveys of the academic experience of students in
  • 29/04/09 - The Complete University Guide
    The Complete University Guide will soon be publishing their updated annual league table. As an additional benefit for student visitors to their website, they are featuring some Opinionpanel top ten university rankings. Did you know, for example, that the University of Dundee’s students now regard
  • 26/03/09 - We're your future
    Opinionpanel has released a report on graduates and the recession. Key findings from over 500 recent graduates highlight their desire for employers to see beyond the short term and keep recruiting despite current economic circumstances. The research was carried out on Opinionpanel's weekly Graduate Omnibus

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Research

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  • 25/06/09 - Times Online

    Why you shouldn't go to university

    New research suggests that half of full-time students set to graduate this summer are seriously considering postgrad options. This is especially popular with those at Russell Group or other older universities, where, according to Opinionpanel Research, almost a third of final year students have applied for more study.

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  • 15/06/09 - Ri5

    Graduates contemplate further study

    New research from Opinionpanel reveals that half of this year's crop of undergraduates are seriously considering postgraduate study as their next move. The research is based on the findings of an online survey conducted during May with just over 1,000 full-time students at 133 universities (all of them members of ‘The Student Panel', Opinionpanel's proprietary online panel).

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