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Postgraduate research experience survey (PRES) results 2007-9

Postgraduate research experience survey (PRES) results 2007-9. PRES 2007-9. 108 HEIs took part in PRES at least once

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Postgraduate research experience survey (PRES) results 2007-9

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  1. Postgraduate research experience survey (PRES) results 2007-9

  2. PRES 2007-9 • 108 HEIs took part in PRES at least once • ‘Research students’ are PG students who are registered fro research awards at UK HEIs; the vast majority are on doctoral programmes and the rest on research Masters programmes. 2

  3. Overall experience • 84% of students in 2009 said that the overall experience of their programme met or exceeded their expectations • 82.5% in 2008 • 80.7% in 2007 8 Sept 2009 Vitae conference 3

  4. Motivations and career aspirations A third (33.8%) of the 2009 respondents agreed that their main motivation was an interest in the subject A third (31.7%) agreed that it was to improve their career prospects for an academic or research career The next most popular answer (14.7%) was that “it felt like a natural step for me”. In terms of career aspirations, nearly half (44%) had in mind an academic career in higher education (either research and teaching, or teaching only), One in seven (13.9%) had in mind a research career in higher education A further one in seven (13.9%) wished to pursue a research career outside higher education.

  5. Scales - summary 5

  6. Scales - summary 8 Sept 2009 Vitae conference 6

  7. Scales - summary 8 Sept 2009 Vitae conference 7

  8. Supervision 8 Sept 2009 Vitae conference 8

  9. Infrastructure 18 May 2010 Surveys conference 9

  10. Infrastructure 18 May 2010 Surveys conference 10

  11. Infrastructure 18 May 2010 Surveys conference 11

  12. Intellectual climate 8 Sept 2009 Vitae conference 12

  13. Intellectual climate 8 Sept 2009 Vitae conference 13

  14. Intellectual climate 14

  15. Goals and standards 8 Sept 2009 Vitae conference 15

  16. Goals and standards 8 Sept 2009 Vitae conference 16

  17. Roles and responsibilities 8 Sept 2009 Vitae conference 17

  18. Roles and responsibilities 8 Sept 2009 Vitae conference 18

  19. Roles and responsibilities 19

  20. Thesis examination

  21. Thesis examination

  22. Thesis examination

  23. Skills development 23

  24. Skills development 8 Sept 2009 Vitae conference 24

  25. Skills development 8 Sept 2009 Vitae conference 25

  26. Skills development – by year of study 26

  27. Professional development and career 27

  28. Professional development and career – discipline The national average % of agree for these three items is 40% • Medicine and dentistry (47% on average) and agriculture (52% on average) students agree the most with professional development items (also engineering – 44% and business management – 45%) • Creative arts and design (34% on average) and law (35%) students then to agree the least with professional development items 28

  29. Professional development and career - domicile • Non UK students tend to agree considerably more with all professional development items (on average 7% more in agreement than home students) • Non EU students agree particularly strongly (49% vs 43% on average) that they were encouraged to reflect on their professional development needs. 29

  30. Professional development and career - age • In general, the older the students the less they agree with professional development items • Age groups who agree the most (on average 42% agree on all three items) are 26-40 years old (they are also the most motivated by improving their existing career) 30

  31. Conclusion • Overall, PRES findings suggest the PGR experience is positive • The most positive areas are supervision, skills, and thesis examination • The least positive areas are infrastructure, intellectual climate and professional development 31

  32. Lessons from PRES – full report http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/ supportingresearch/postgraduatework

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