Just to let you know Opinionpanel will be exhibiting at The Guardian's Higher Education Summit 2007, 31st January - 2nd February at the New Connaught Rooms. Hope to see some of you there.

Higher Education Policy Institute chooses Opinionpanel to drive education debate

A new Study on the Academic Experience of Students in English Universities by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) funded by the Higher Education Academy has highlighted the large disparities in teaching hours for the same subject at different universities. The fieldwork was based on 15,000 interviews conducted by Opinionpanel using The Student Panel. The findings received extensive coverage in the national and education press and make an important contribution to the debate on student experience and the value of higher education.

And the winner was… Loughborough University

Once again, Opinionpanel conducted the polling for the Times Higher's "Best Student Experience" award 2006. Congratulations to the winning university, Loughborough and all the short listed candidates; the universities of Cambridge, Leeds, Liverpool, Oxford, St Andrews, Sheffield, Stirling, Swansea and Warwick.

 

 

New Graduate Panel

Most of you know we run The Student Panel and offer a Student Omnibus Survey every fortnight.  But did you know we now run a fortnightly Graduate Omnibus Survey too? Reaching five hundred verified former students in their first or second year since leaving university and representative of the graduating population, it is the perfect platform for researchers interested in this market. Runs on the same days as Student Omnibus Survey -- the first and third Wednesday of every month. Contact Ben Marks

 

Opinionpanel and The Knowledge Partnership collaborate

Once again, we've spoken to a huge number of new undergraduates - this year over 13,000 - about their pre-enrolment journey, choosing a university and their expectations around fees. The findings make an essential toolkit for any education professional involved in HE recruitment, course packaging, admissions, marketing, communications, finance, reputation, pricing and access. This year we are proud to be working in close collaboration with The Knowledge Partnership who are assisting in survey design, analysis and workshop presentations.

Come and meet us

Opinionpanel will be exhibiting at The Guardian's Higher Education Summit 2007, 31st January - 2nd February at the New Connaught Rooms. And Ben Marks will be speaking at The Knowledge Partnership's conference on 2nd-3rd April. "International Markets - Internal Dynamics". Hope to see some of you at either event.

Student mobile facts and figures

You may be interested to know about some of the non-HE work we get involved in. Our 2006/7 Student Mobile Monitor is out now. Findings from last years' Study show just how dynamic the market is; the vast majority of students switch handset brands when they change phone. The look and feel of a new handset is the most important consideration and while most students opt for free handsets, a third are prepared to pay over £50 for their handset. Over the course of the last academic year Nokia's share dropped while Samsung and Motorola's made impressive headway.
To discuss our Student Mobile Monitor call Ben Marks on 0207 2888 789.

Your opinions counts!

Do you have anything to contribute on the debate on student experience, higher education policy and student marketing? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Check out the new "Speakers Corner" section on our website for guest articles and follow-on debate by students.

Opinionpanel staffer wins MRS Award

Finally, congratulations to Mia Lorenz for winning the MRS 2006 Accredited Masters Prize for her dissertation on attitudes to cooking. We're very pleased to have you on the team!