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Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) 2010 Interim Results

Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) 2010 Interim Results. Dr Pam Wells Adviser, Evidence-Informed Practice. Background. Online questionnaire Based on PRES methodology Voluntary and anonymous At both institution and student level Second national administration

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Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) 2010 Interim Results

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  1. Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) 2010Interim Results Dr Pam Wells Adviser, Evidence-Informed Practice

  2. Background • Online questionnaire • Based on PRES methodology • Voluntary and anonymous • At both institution and student level • Second national administration • Larger sample than last year • Benchmarking

  3. Questionnaire • Core survey • Nine main areas of interest • Demographic information • Institutional questions • Participating institutions ask as many extra questions as they choose, and design these questions themselves

  4. Motivations • Quality of teaching and learning • Assessment and feedback • Dissertation and supervision • Organisation and management • Learning resources • Skills and personal development • Career and professional development • Overall satisfaction

  5. PTES 2010 • 77 participating HEIs from England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland • Flexible survey period, 15 Feb – 28 May • More than 220,000 students surveyed • Interim results, 19 April • 70 HEIs • 17,531 students

  6. Participating HEIs • 70 institutions contributing interim data • Between 7 and 1,256 responses (0 – 7%)

  7. PTES cohort

  8. PTES cohort • 43% male, 57% female • 64% home, 11% EU, 25% overseas • 59% full-time, 39% part-time • 74% face-to-face, 26% distance • 67% started their programme between 1 Sep and 31 Dec 2009 • Further 18% started in the previous academic year (1.9.08 - 31.8.09)

  9. Age of participants

  10. Age by mode of study

  11. Discipline

  12. Employment • 51% in paid employment

  13. Motivation

  14. Motivation

  15. Motivation

  16. Quality of teaching and learning • 37% said that the teaching quality on their programme was consistently good • 53% said that the teaching quality was variable but generally good • Only 2% said it was consistently poor

  17. Teaching and learning

  18. Staff

  19. Assessment and feedback

  20. Dissertation and supervision

  21. Workload • 52% said that the workload on their programme was more or less what they expected • 31% said it was higher than they expected • 11% said it was much higher than they expected

  22. Organisation and management

  23. Learning resources

  24. Learning resources

  25. Skills and personal development

  26. Career and professional development

  27. Overall satisfaction • The overall experience of my course met or exceeded my expectations – 84% • Quality of teaching and learning met or exceeded my expectations – 82% • Assessment and feedback met or exceeded my expectations – 74%

  28. Overall satisfaction • Organisation and management met or exceeded my expectations – 75% • Learning resources met or exceeded my expectations – 87% • Career and professional development met or exceeded my expectations – 88% • Skills and personal development met or exceeded my expectations – 90%

  29. Further analysis • Scale analysis • Multiple regression • Experience of different demographic groups • Benchmarking • National report

  30. Next steps • Working with PTES HEIs to share effective practice • Using survey findings to inform enhancement activities • Stop press: considering another national administration of PTES in 2011 • To be confirmed

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