Opinion Panel

Research carried out by YouthSight shows that other factors are viewed as more important in the applicant decision making process than tuition fees. Student website StudentNewspaper.org published an article based on our research… “University applicants expecting good A-level results do not decide where to apply based on tuition fees, an Opinion Panel survey suggests. According [...]

Surveys, site logins and point checking will be unavailable this Saturday (February 18th) from 12pm to 1pm, and this Sunday (February 19th) from 9am to 2pm. Sorry in advance for any inconvenience caused. – The OpinionPanel team

OpinionPanel’s very own Student Factfile was referenced by the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) in their recent white paper Students at the Heart of the System, as an example of how to ‘present information imaginatively’. You can download your own copy of the Student Factfile here, which provides essential data about the lives, [...]

OpinionPanel was commissioned to interview over 1,000 engineering students and lecturers to find out what technology leaders of today and tomorrow think about the future of engineering technology, as well as the perceptual differences between lecturers and students. Access the GE Young Minds Monitor report here. See links to more press on the research below: [...]

Research carried out by OpinionPanel helped to win the Heist Gold Award for ‘Best Use of Market Research’ for the University of Leicester. OpinionPanel was commissioned by the University of Leicester to explore how raising the university fees cap to £7,000 or £9,000 might affect undergraduate applications. The research was published in September 2010, ahead [...]

Congratulations to the following panellists for winning £25 in Amazon gift certificates! They were randomly picked in a recent prize draw for those who screened out of survey IM0517: Joel A, Student, Oxford Brookes University Jacob H, Student, The Queen’s University of Belfast Sonia A, Student, Cardiff University Amy C, Student, The University of Lincoln [...]

Each year OpinionPanel carries out a poll on behalf of the Times Higher Education Supplement  for the best student experience as rated by the students themselves.  The winner for the Times Higher Education’s  ‘Most Improved Student Experience’ for 2010 was The University of Sunderland. More than 13,000 full-time undergraduates took part in this year’s poll, [...]

By Emma Woodwark, Project Manager OpinionPanel Towards the end of 2010 OpinionPanel was commissioned by one of the world’s leading experts in graduate assessment to help trial a new range of in-depth aptitude tests.  Consequently students (from The Student Panel) and graduates (from The Graduate Panel) were given the opportunity to take a free aptitude [...]