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Tuition Fees and Student Protest

This story was prepared by press agency London Media based on fieldwork conducted by OpinionPanel using our Student Omnibus Survey. The majority of students in the UK feel betrayed by Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats over rising tuition fees, according to damning new figures. A new survey shows 73 per cent of university students [...]

November 25, 2010 25 Comments

How high can fees go

Times Higher Education

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 [...]

February 11, 2010 No Comments

Don’t give up on graduate jobs

Telegraph & Argus

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.

April 20, 2009 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

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

Who’s that?

London Student

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

June 2, 2008 No Comments

Average student debt to hit £17,500

The Independent

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

August 15, 2007 No Comments

Graduate run up record debts

Finance Week

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 a recent OpinionPanel survey.

August 14, 2007 No Comments