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Qualt ric s Survey Sof t w are
Taught Master’s degree (e.g. MA, MSc) Research Master’s degree (e.g. MPhil, MRes) PhD/DPhil/ Professional Doctorate (e.g. EngD, EdD) PGCE leading to QTS
PG Diploma PG Certificate Other (please specify)
Full time student Part time student
Sometimes full time and sometimes part time
On campus
On campus with work placement By distance learning
Sometimes on campus and sometimes by distance
Please answer the following questions about your second most recent postgraduate course.
Please specify the main subject of this postgraduate course.
If your postgraduate course subject is not listed here, please select 'other' and you will be prompted to enter this on the next page.
If 'other', please specify the subject of your previous postgraduate course.
At which institution did you study for this postgraduate course?
If you studied for your previous postgraduate course overseas, please select ‘other’, and you will be asked to provide details of this course on the next page.
If 'other', please specify the following for your postgraduate course:
Institution Country
Which type of postgraduate course was this?
During this postgraduate course, were you a full time or part time student?
During this postgraduate course, did you study on campus or by distance learning?
During this postgraduate course, were you engaged in any of the following activities alongside your studies? Please select all that apply.
Unpaid internship Started/continued my own business
Additional study at postgraduate level Travelling
Looking after the home Period of unemployment
Employment (full-time or part-time) Additional study not at postgraduate level Unpaid volunteering (not including internship) Other activity (please specify)
Caring for dependants Paid internship
Please indicate whether the following reasons were important in influencing your decision to undertake this postgraduate course.
If a reason was important, please indicate whether you think that your previous postgraduate course enabled it to be fulfilled.
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Yes No Don’t know Prefer not to answer
Yes No Fulfilled Partially fulfilled Unfulfilled To pursue an intellectual interest
To expand my knowledge of a chosen subject
To gain practical experience To develop particular skills To progress my career To enhance my earnings To change my career
To enter a profession which requires or favours this qualification
To access professional networking opportunities
Because funding was available To delay entry into the labour market There were no suitable jobs when I graduated from my first degree To enable progression to a higher degree (e.g. PhD)
To make a greater personal impact on society
To fulfil a lifestyle choice Other (please specify)
How did you pay the postgraduate tuition fees for this course? Please select all that apply.
Formal loan (e.g. from bank) Research studentship (e.g. UK Research Council) Loan from family/ personal acquaintance Government grant
Gift from family/ personal acquaintance Income from a job Fee waiver (e.g. departmental scholarship) My own savings Sponsorship (e.g. employer, armed services) Other (please specify)
How did you cover your living costs during this postgraduate course? Please select all that apply.
Formal loan (e.g. from bank) Research studentship (e.g. UK Research Council) Loan from family/ personal acquaintance Government grant
Gift from family/ personal acquaintance Income from a job Scholarship or bursary (e.g. departmental scholarship) My own savings Sponsorship (e.g. employer, armed services) Other (please specify)
Did you apply for any other postgraduate courses in addition to this postgraduate course? (For example, you may have applied for a postgraduate course before, at the time of applying to, or since this postgraduate course).
Please list up to five postgraduate courses to which you have previously applied (do not include the postgraduate course that you previously undertook).
Institution Main Subject
Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4 Course 5
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Yes, I have an offer of a place for the next academic session Yes, I have previously been offered a place but was unable to take it up Yes, I have applied but I was not offered a place
No, I have not applied Don’t know Prefer not to answer
My course offered professional networking opportunities I wished to relocate
Funding was available for my course My course offered better employment prospects It was less expensive to undertake my course (e.g. it enabled me
to live at home) I favoured the content of my course
I favoured the institution at which I studied I did not receive offers from the other course(s) to which I applied My course had a good reputation Other (please specify)
Personal reasons (e.g. family, friends or care commitment to dependants informed my choice)
Did you seek advice from any of the following sources when applying for or undertaking this postgraduate course? Please select yes or no for each item.
Yes No
University rankings (e.g. Times Higher, the Guardian, QS)
Professional Association
University careers service
Academic or support staff at my undergraduate institution
UCAS
Website of my current postgraduate institution
My employer
Bank or financial advisor
Academic or support staff at my current postgraduate
institution
Open day at my current postgraduate institution Speaking to current students and/or alumni of current postgraduate institution/ course
Unistats website
Personal contacts (e.g. family or friends) Other website or news source (please specify)
Other (please specify)
No advice consulted