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 [...]
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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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
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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
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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
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