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         <title>New report - How much more will students pay</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Opinionpanel's new report "How much more will students pay?" by Professor Anna Vignoles examines likely responses to changes in higher education tuition fees...]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>How high can fees go</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[More than half of students would be willing to pay university fees of £5,000 and one in five would be prepared to go as high as £10,000, a survey of tens of thousands of students suggests.

Opinionpanel Research asked 37,000 university students what price would be so low that it would make them doubt the quality of their courses, and what figure would be so high that they would rule out paying it.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Opinionpanel recruits The Learner Panel</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Opinionpanel have recruited a 10,000-strong panel of learners to inform research and consultation across further education. The panel will enable the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and a wide range of other organisations in the sector to obtain fast and effective access to robust and representative samples of people in learning.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>It's all about them</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[The universities that do well in Times Higher Education's Student Experience poll put students first, but there is more than one way to do it. 
Opinionpanel Research polled over 11,000 full-time undergraduates on every aspect of university life, from the quality of teaching to student support, social life and institutional facilities. The results were used to decide upon the 2009 Times Higher Education Award for 'Most Improved Student Experience', which went to Queen Mary, University of London.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Opinionpanel scoops LSC contract</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Opinionpanel has been commissioned by the Learning & Skills Council to build and recruit a 10,000-strong panel of learners aged 14 and over.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#269</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Most Improved Student Experience</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Queen Mary, University of London has won the 2009 award of 'Most Improved Student Experience' in the 2009 THE Awards. The poll of over 11,000 students between September 2008 and June 2009 was carried out by Opinionpanel Research.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#260</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Poor job market boosts postgrad applications</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[New research by specialist student research agency Opinionpanel has revealed that half of full-time undergraduate students graduating this summer are seriously considering postgraduate study.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#259</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Holiday jobs to fund studies</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Three-quarters of students have a holiday job to help fund their university studies, research shows. About 73% of students said they had a job to help cover the cost of their degree, up from 66% in 2008, according to a survey by Opinionpanel Research on behalf of high street bank Halifax.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#258</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>An opportunity to earn a little extra money</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[An article in the Independent recommends Opinionpanel amongst others as a site for students to earn a little extra money.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Is further study the least worst choice</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Figures from the specialist student research agency Opinionpanel Research suggest half of those students who finished their first degree last month are now seriously considering postgraduate qualifications.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Why you shouldn't go to university</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[New research suggests that half of full-time students set to graduate this summer are seriously considering postgrad options. This is especially popular with those at Russell Group or other older universities, where, according to Opinionpanel Research, almost a third of final year students have applied for more study.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#251</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Graduates contemplate further study</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[New research from Opinionpanel reveals that half of this year's crop of undergraduates are seriously considering postgraduate study as their next move.

The research is based on the findings of an online survey conducted during May with just over 1,000 full-time students at 133 universities (all of them members of ‘The Student Panel', Opinionpanel's proprietary online panel).]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Dialogue, not monologue</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[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 – and their advice to recruiters.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Don't give up on graduate jobs</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[According to the findings by Opinionpanel on behalf of the National Union of Students (NUS), 86 per cent of students in Yorkshire and Humber are “concerned” or “very concerned” by graduate employment levels and their likely future job prospects.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Messages from students</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Opinionpanel's report entitled 'We're your future' is mentioned on Loughborough University's website. The report states that nearly half of the comments left by graduates in recent research was about them wanting employers to continue with recruiting graduates, even in this climate.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Asking for it</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[A London Student survey carried out by Opinionpanel Research has revealed the attitudes of the UK's student population to rape.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Uni experience among best in country</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#232</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Happy to be here - the Student Experience polling</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Results of the Times Higher's Student Experience polling is published in full.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Unis action on climate change urged</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[A recent survey carried out on Opinionpanel's Student Omnibus reveals that students want their universities to take more action to tackle climate change.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#220</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>NUS major study into student experience</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Cash shaping students' choices</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#226</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Does choice of university determine earnings</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#227</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Research-led institutions give grads pay premium</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#228</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Downturn causes student unease</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[One in 12 final-year university students regrets their degree choice now that recession looks likely, a poll by Opinionpanel has revealed. And almost half believe the downturn will jeopardise their career prospects.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#219</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Methodology - THE’s Best Student Experience Awards</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[In total, over 12,500 full-time undergraduates took part in this year's polling, which ran from October 2007 to May 2008. All respondents were members of Opinionpanel's Student Panel. Importantly, from a reliability perspective, respondents were not told the purpose of the polling.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#216</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Congratulations to Loughborough University</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Loughborough University, winners of the Times Higher Education’s Best Student Experience award for the third year running.  Picture: shows Ben Marks, Opinionpanel MD, presenting award to the winners]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#218</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Online surveys - an easy wasy for extra cash</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Managing director at the student finance website wealthystudent.co.uk recommends The Student Panel as a way for students to swap their time over the internet to boost their income.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#229</link>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Mature students likely to apply on impulse</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[One in eight students aged 24 or older who decide to apply to university on "a last-minute whim"]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#205</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Students own 6k worth of kit</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[The average student takes possessions worth more than £6,000 with them to university, a survey shows.

Students have belongings worth an average of £6,044 with them while they are studying, with expensive items ranging from laptops and mobile phones to musical instruments and clothes, according to insurer Endsleigh.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Students bring kit worth £6000</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[A laptop is a student's best friend, according to a survey, which claims that the days of impoverished students with few possessions are long gone.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[The average student takes possessions worth more than £6,000 with them to university, a survey shows.

Students have belongings worth an average of £6,044 with them while they are studying, with expensive items ranging from laptops and mobile phones to musical instruments and clothes, according to insurer Endsleigh]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Old heads on young shoulders</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Coverage of a report published on June 26th by Opinionpanel which documents a big shift in political allegiances on campus since 2004.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#190</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Press Release on Student Voting study</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Press release on the release of The Student Vote by Paul Whiteley and the latest data from Opinionpanel]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Where has all the passion gone</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Coverage of a report by Paul Whiteley, professor of government at the University of Essex, on Opinionpanel's student voting poll.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Who's that</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Nearly 50 per cent of UK undergraduates didn't attend this year's Freshers Fair, and less than three per cent can name the President of the National Union of Students - some findings from a recent Opinionpanel survey for the London Student newspaper]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#184</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>The Future is here, now!</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Opinionpanel, the owners and operators of The Student Panel and The Graduate Panel have announced the launch of a new panel -The Future Panel. Set up in collaboration with UCAS Media, the panel will comprise around 20,000 applicants and prospective applicants to higher education. The panel includes Year 12 and 13 pupils (predominately aged 16-18) from schools and colleges across the UK plus smaller sub-sets of mature and international applicants.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Opinionpanel signs up sixth-formers</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[UK-- Student-focused research business Opinionpanel has widened its respondent pool to include first-year sixth-formers.

Following on from the launch of its university applicant panel last year, the company is now recruiting ‘pre-applicant’ students to take part in surveys and focus groups.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#181</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Opinionpanel lauches pre-HE Student Panel</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[London-based firm Opinionpanel has launched ‘The Future Panel’ for anyone wanting to conduct research with young people and prospective higher education (HE) students.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#182</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>7 key trends in youth marketing</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[The brands that are winning now have been allowed into a collective inner circle, one where they carefully manage very sophisticated and very considered relationships. Recent research by Opinionpanel discovered a maximum of twenty brands that students were willing to be Facebook friends with. They included Sony, H&M, Apple and Innocent.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#179</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Sales house targets student radio</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Opinionpanel research found that more than 75,000 students with access to student radio tune in at least once a week and 92% want relevant news and services.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#168</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>High Ranking for University</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[North West Evening Mail's coverage on how Lancaster University came 30th in the Student Experience Awards 2007.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#167</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Money Saving Tips</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Opinionpanel Research was mentioned on the Motley Fool website in their latest 'Money Saving Tips' article.  You can join The Student Panel and earn Amazon gift certificates for taking part in short, online questionnaires.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#165</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Social life high on wish list</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[A good social life and extracurricular activities rank alongside teaching quality when it comes to the factors students consider most central to their university experience, The Times Higher's annual student survey reveals.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#166</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>The Times Higher Awards 2007</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[For this award, which Loughborough University has won for the second year running, The Times Higher commissioned the most thorough research on student experiences at UK universities. Opinionpanel Research interviewed some 22,500 full-time undergraduates, more than three times the number for last year’s poll.]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Even University Applicants get their views heard</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Opinionpanel research has launched The Applicant and Pre-Applicant Panel to accompany The Student Panel and The Graduate Panel. These new panels are made up of those who are considering applying to university and those who have applied. We'll be exhibiting at stand 409 at this year's Insight Show.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#156</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>The Competitive Edge</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Which universities offer students the best value for money?
Ben Marks, Managing Director of Opinionpanel looks into The Student Experience. See page 3 for Ben's article.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#157</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Students going to university uninsured</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Thirty per cent of students starting university this year are likely to do so without any insurance...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#153</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Bursting Bubbles</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Coverage of Opinionpanel's research on behalf of HEPI in regards to the amount of hours English students spend studying.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#154</link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Coverage of the research carried out by Opinionpanel on behalf of HEPI in regards to the amount of hours English students study for.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#155</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[First-year students are totting up record debt levels of nearly £6,000 a year and face leaving university owing more than £17,500, according to a survey today by Opinionpanel Research on behalf of uSwitch.com]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#140</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Degrees of debt</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Over the past decade annual student debt has increased by a staggering 167% - from £1.2 billion to £3.2 billion, according to a new study by uSwitch.com carried out by Opinionpanel Research.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#146</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[Research by higher education finance experts Push, carried out by Opinionpanel Research shows that students accumulate an average of £4,925 each year they are at university, £198 over the national average.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#149</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Students turn to bankruptcy</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[New research from uSwitch.com, carried out by Opinionpanel Research showed the average student now owed £11,123 when they graduated, compared with just £5,096 10 years ago.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#150</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Graduate run up record debts</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[If the graduates you recruit are bargaining rather harder than they used to over salaries, it’s because they’re staring bankruptcy in the face – according to recent student surveys.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#151</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#151</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Debt sentence for 2007 graduates</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Almost 50,000 students will graduate in 2007 with an average debt of £11,000 but a staggering 14,500 will owe more than £20,000 with some even hitting the £30,000 mark according to new research.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#152</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Working students lose out on pay</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[STUDENTS in Scotland are the most hard-working in the UK, with a third working more than 25 hours a week. Scottish undergraduates typically graft for five hours more than other scholars, but they are not the best paid, according to a survey to be published this week.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#139</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Graduates in debt</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[A new study by uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching service, carried out by Opinionpanel Research reveals that over the past decade annual student debt has increased by a staggering 167% - from £1.2 billion to £3.2 billion.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#148</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[Can students spell? Opinionpanel ran its very own spelling test. See article ...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#138</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#138</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>In Flight Education</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[The Student Eurocommuter. Research conducted by Opinionpanel Research found that almost a sixth of first year UK university students from European countries other than Britain plan to visit home often.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#137</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Students would pay more at top universities</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Students would be willing to pay up to £6,800 a year to attend top
universities, but would not weather large fee increases at less
prestigious institutions.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#126</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Occupying a niche</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[If you're looking to target a niche response, then choosing a specialist omnibus may be the way to go.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#125</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Shifts in the student account market</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[New research carried out by Opinionpanel – The Student Account Acquisition Study 2006/07 - reveals the trends in the student banking market.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#121</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#121</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Higher Expectations 2006-7</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Unique in scope and depth, Higher Expectations 2006/7 will be the first fully comprehensive large scale student survey of the application process that includes a detailed analysis of fees. Based on 13,000 interviews of first year full time undergraduates it is an essential tool for HE professionals concerned with strategy, recruitment, finance and more.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#120</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Important new study</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Next week Opinionpanel Research and The Knowledge Partnership will launch an important new study on undergraduate recruitment and fees; Higher Expectations 2006/7.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#124</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Loughborough - The Students Choice</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Loughborough University has been crowned the most popular university among students.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#113</link>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Best Student Experience Award 2006 - THE WINNERS</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Loughborough University gets a thumbs up from students and has won the award for Best Student Experience 2006. The award was based on the results of an online survey of 6,552 full-time undergraduate students conducted by Opinionpanel. Students rated their lectures, courses, social life and students' union among other things. See PDF for full article.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#107</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Degrees in Destruction</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Two-fifths believe that universities should boycott companies with any involvement in the arms trade, while one fifth believe that universities should be allowed links with arms companies. One quarter say universities should be allowed links provided the university did not work on arms projects itself.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#114</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Huge disparity in hours raises question of value</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[The Times Higher reports on research carried out by Opinionpanel on behalf of Hepi. Highlighted are the large disparities in teaching hours of the same subject at different universities.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#104</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#104</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>The wild, wild west</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Professor Martin Collins, Chairman, and Mia Lorenz, Project Manager wrote a letter to Research magazine expressing their concern over the online MR industry being referred to as "full of chancers". Download the PDF and read the full article.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#105</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#105</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Some students get far more teaching</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Can a degree that takes less than 20 hours' work a week to complete be worth the same as one that demands more than 40 hours a week from students?]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#103</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#103</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Best Student Experience</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Last year, The Times Higher commissioned Opinionpanel, owner of The Student Panel, to run the survey for its first Student Experience Award. After polling more than 10,000 students, Swansea University came out top. 

See the PDF for the shortlisted candidates for the 2006 award. The winner will be annouced at the awards ceremony on 15th November 2006.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#95</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Young 'lost' without computers</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Two-thirds of British youths would be "lost" without computers because they spend more time online than watching television, according to new research...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#92</link>
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         <pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Evolution forgot the democratic process</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Opinionpanel Research reported this week that almost one in three students in the UK shuns scientific evidence on the origins of man...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#67</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#67</guid>
         <pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>How did we get here</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Evolution is on the way out - more than 30% of students in the UK say they believe in creationism and intelligent design…]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#66</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Cameron boosts party members by 16,000</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[The election of David Cameron as Tory leader has led to a remarkable surge in party membership, figures obtained by The Daily Telegraph show...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#16</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#16</guid>
         <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Huge student NO to boycott</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Almost eight out of ten students oppose the boycott of exams and coursework called by academic unions...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#59</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#59</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>The loan is already virtually spent</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Advertisers don't see grubby students, they see wealthy young consumers...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#55</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#55</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Fair Trade Fortnight</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Fair Trade Fortnight 2006 kicked off on Monday...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#75</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#75</guid>
         <pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Undergraduates admit cheating</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[CHEATING and plagiarism by university students is widespread, according to a survey of undergraduates published today.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#27</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#27</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Cheating Rife At Universities</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[ONE in six university students copy coursework from friends, a survey has revealed.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#25</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#25</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Students admit copying essays</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[A significant minority of students admit cheating in their university essays, according to a survey.]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#26</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#26</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>University students admit copying others' work</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[One in six students at universities say they have copied from friends and one in ten admits to looking for essays online...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#28</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#28</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Many university students cheating</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[A survey has revealed widespread cheating among university students, with one in three copying ideas from books or the internet...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#73</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#73</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>More students stay home to study</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[One-fifth of students at new universities choose to live at home while they study to avoid falling into debt, according to the results of a survey published today...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#72</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#72</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Many university students cheating</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[A survey has revealed widespread cheating among university students...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#71</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#71</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>News just in - Lecturers are not cool</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Apparently students consider their lecturers to be stuck-up, disorganised, unpunctual, unfunny...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#74</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#74</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>My prof is a bit stinky, snooty and very unhip</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Stuck-up, disorganised and unclean, with terrible dress sense and illegible handwriting. This is how lecturers are summed up...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#15</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#15</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Students bemoan unhip lecturers</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Students think their lecturers are stuck-up, disorganised, unpunctual, unfunny, badly dressed and too desperate to be "hip", a poll suggests...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#70</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#70</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Sunderland tops national poll</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[The University of Sunderland has been named the top university in England for providing the best student experience...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#85</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#85</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Students put UCL top</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[A new survey into what impresses and influences student applicants  about their chosen institution places UCL second overal]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#50</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#50</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Interview with Tony Blair</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Labour had romped home to victory in the 2001 General Election, but it  was only a year before things started to go wrong...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#51</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#51</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Don't take students for granted</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[The UK's 2 million-strong student population is a potentially lucrative one for marketers...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#37</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#37</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>City wins first class honours from students</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Forget Oxford and Cambridge - Manchester is the country's top university town...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#17</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#17</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Opinion Poll on British universities</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Research conducted by British company, Opinionpanel, has revealed factors that give some British universities an edge...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#84</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#84</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Students give Aberystwyth a top twenty rating</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[A survey of over 10,000 first year students has placed the University of Wales, Aberystwyth firmly in the top 20]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#29</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#29</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Happy campus tops wish list</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[The vital ingredients that give some universities a competitive edge have been revealed by a survey...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#19</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#19</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Students want friendly campuses</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Four-fifths of undergraduates want to experience a "friendly campus" while at university, a study suggests...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#20</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#20</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>MMU in Top 3 city destinations</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[MMU is the third most exciting destination for students, according to a national survey of 10,000 undergraduates...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#83</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#83</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Cardiff ranks highly in undergraduate opinion</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[Cardiff University is ranked fifth in a survey of undergraduates' perceptions of universities...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#80</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#80</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Best Campus in the UK</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[The University has the best university campus in the UK according to a national poll...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#82</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#82</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Haifa threatens AUT with legal action</title> 
         <description><![CDATA[The Association of University Teachers has been threatened with legal action over its move to boycott Haifa University...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#21</link>
		 <guid>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#21</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[Higher Education institutions often understand why their students choose them (they just have to ask) but frequently do not understand why other students reject them]]></description>

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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[The old image of stuck-thin undergraduates wasting away on a diet of snacks can be put to rest this week...]]></description>

		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#49</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#52</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#58</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		 <link>http://www.opinionpanel.co.uk/media-centre/press/#68</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[Cheap beer, cheesy tunes and choice totty – it can only be the Student Union bar. As freshers prepare for the new academic year, Su Clark  looks at how advertisers are homing in on the union experience...]]></description>

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