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OpinionPanel supports Comic Relief

We’ve had a fun week here at OpinionPanel raising money for Comic Relief. The office has raised over £165 through delicious cake sales, a gripping Connect 4 tournament and a wear all red day. Well done team!

March 13, 2009 No Comments

Asking for it

London Student

A London Student survey carried out by Opinionpanel Research has revealed the attitudes of the UK’s student population to rape, the National Student reports.

March 2, 2009 No Comments

Lincoln Uni experience among best in country

Lincolnshire Echo

The Lincolnshire Echo newspaper reports that The University of Lincoln is among the best in the country for ratings of student experience. The annual Student Experience Survey was carried out by Opinionpanel Research on behalf of The Times Higher Education supplement.

January 26, 2009 No Comments

THE’s Student Experience polling

Results from the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey have been published in the THE Magazine in the 15th to 21st January 2009 edition. The fieldwork was carried out by Opinionpanel Research who asked over 12,000 students to rate their university on best all-round student experience. Loughborough University was rated best overall for student experience [...]

January 15, 2009 No Comments

Unis action on climate change urged

The Press Association

Results from Opinionpanel’s Student Omnibus Survey reveals that students want their universities to take more action to tackle climate change. Three quarters of students (74%) would like their university to have the Carbon Trust Standard to prove it has taken action. Almost half (47%) would like their institution to do more to help them reduce [...]

November 28, 2008 No Comments

NUS major study into student experience

NUS website

NUS President Wes Streeting said: “This report gives us an unprecedented insight into the experiences and concerns of students. We look forward to working with tutors, institutions and the government to address the issues raised by students through this survey.” The fieldwork was carried out by Opinionpanel Research on The Student Panel.

November 27, 2008 No Comments

Cash shaping students’ choices

BBC News

Students’ choices of university courses are being shaped by money rather than personal interest, a survey from the National Union of Students suggests. The fieldword was carried out by Opinionpanel Research using The Student Panel.

November 27, 2008 No Comments

Does choice of university determine earnings?

The Independent

New research published yesterday shows that students who want to get a good job that pays well should apply to an institution belonging to the Russell Group or 1994 Group of universities. Fieldword carried out by Opinionpanel Research.

November 27, 2008 No Comments

Research-led institutions give grads pay premium

Times Higher Education

The salary “premium” enjoyed by graduates of research-intensive universities above the earnings of those from less-selective institutions has been revealed by new research. The fieldwork was carried out by Opinionpanel Research.

November 27, 2008 No Comments

Graduate Earnings Uncovered

The 1994 Group

Universities are delivering on student expectations of higher graduate salaries, according to a new report by the 1994 Group of student-focused, research-intensive universities. The report compares students’ employment and earnings expectations when they begin university with the reality of what they achieved three and half years after graduation. Click here to read the article

November 27, 2008 No Comments