Opinion Panel

Independent Research with students and young people

Although much or our research is private, when our clients publish our findings we like to share the results with our panellists, either here on our research page or via news letters emailed directly to you. Find some more recent findings below:

All I want for Christmas is…

Last week we asked 1000 students what was at the top of their wish list for Christmas this year on our Student Omnibus Questionnaire. Top of the list was – drumroll……. hard cash! Yes, nearly a quarter of students said that they wanted money for Christmas with one student saying “money would be most useful [...]

November 29, 2010 6 Comments

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Fees research by the University of Leicester and OpinionPanel

Research carried out by OpinionPanel and the University of Leicester, looking at a cross section of 10 named universities, found that 1 in 10 of prospective students would be put off applying for a place if all fees rose to £7,000 a year, and only a slightly higher proportion would reject university if faced with [...]

October 4, 2010 No Comments

How much will students pay?

It is critical that those involved in Higher Education understand the potential impact of uncapped fees; how much might students be willing to pay and would it vary by type of student, institution and degree? We are delighted to announce the release of our report “How much more will students pay?” produced with higher-education economist, [...]

February 11, 2010 No Comments

Students and their mobile phones

Opinionpanel has been working with the consultancy, mobileYouth, looking at how students interact with their mobile handset brands: in particular looking at brand advocacy and trust among students. The results are fascinating. as Click here to take a look at our presentation.

October 23, 2009 No Comments

What do UK students think of mobile handset brands?

Opinionpanel has been working with the consultancy, mobileYouth, looking at how students interact with their mobile handset brands; in particular looking at mobile handset brand advocacy and trust among students. The results are fascinating. While Nokia is hugely trusted ? more than any other brand ? Apple gets higher levels of advocacy than the rest. [...]

October 23, 2009 No Comments

Congratulations Queen Mary, University of London!

Queen Mary, University of London has been awarded the 2009 Times Higher Education Award of ‘Most Improved Student Experience’. Over 11,000 members of Opinionpanel’s Student Panel took part in the polling for the award. Queen Mary’s biggest improvements were in students ratings for its facilities including its shops, bars and sports facilities. Ben Marks, managing [...]

October 19, 2009 No Comments

Dialogue, not monologue

Graduate Recruiter (The AGR membership magazine)

After attending a recent graduate recruitment event that ended with graduate recruiters giving tips to job seekers Ben Marks, Managing Director Opinionpanel Research, questioned the process. Isn’t recruitment supposed to be more of a conversation than a monologue? It prompted him and his colleague to ask members of The Graduate Panel for their opinions – [...]

June 10, 2009 No Comments