The University of Dundee has come top in the Times Higher Education’s (THE) annual Student Experience Survey today. We polled 14,000 students on behalf of the THE on how they rated their university’s performance across 21 categories that matter to them most. These range from the quality of staff and [...]
April 26, 2012
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OpinionPanel’s recent research on the affect of university tuition fees on applicants was cited in a Times Higher Education article. The research highlighted the importance of ‘return on investment’ by universities to new applicants in that their university choice hinges more on what they perceive they will gain afterwards such as good employment. The THE [...]
February 16, 2012
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There’s been a lot of speculation in the media about the impact of higher fees on potential university applicants, much of it focussed on those who won’t to go to university as a result. To shed further light on the issue, OpinionPanel has recently done some research on the impact of higher fees on people [...]
February 15, 2012
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As announced in Daily Hansard, 5th December 2011, John Hayes, the Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced that he will be publishing impact assessments of BIS’s proposals to introduce Further Education loans for people aged over 24 in 2014/15. The [...]
December 8, 2011
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The GE Young Minds Monitor explores the views of technology leaders on the current state of the technology and engineering industry. 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 [...]
June 14, 2011
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Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) publishes OpinionPanel report on Attitudes to Science among 14-16 year olds. It shows just how important science is to the young — 81% of respondents were amazed by the achievements of science, and 65% felt that it is important to know about science in their daily lives. However [...]
March 25, 2011
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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
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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
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Sodexo, the world leader in Food and Facilities Management Services, has launched it’s annual report into UK university lifestyles. As in 2006 and 2008, Opinionpanel conducted the fieldwork for the survey. You can read the report here.
April 21, 2010
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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
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