How will higher tuition from 2012/13 fees re-shape student expectations?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by YouthSight

With the rise in tuition fees, many of us are asking ourselves exactly what young people’s expectations are in regard to the student experience are, and whether the UK higher education (UKHE) sector is becoming – for better or for worse – more `consumerised’. To find the answers, University Partnership Programme (UPP) commissioned a study from YouthSight. Mia Lorenz, Associate Director at YouthSight, summarised the findings for the 1994 Group’s … Continue reading →

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Custom Research & Insight Team – YouthSight to run second annual applicant survey for Institute of Physics

Posted on November 15, 2012 by YouthSight

Following the success of the recent report by YouthSight for the Institute of Physics, Gravitating towards physics: How will higher fees affect the choices of prospective physics students?, the IOP has commissioned YouthSight to run another wave of the applicant survey included in this study. The fieldwork will run, as was the case last year, just after the application period ends in January 2013, and YouthSight will be writing the … Continue reading →

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The Institute of Physics launches report on new research conducted by YouthSight

Posted on October 10, 2012 by YouthSight

On 11th October the Institute of Physics (IOP) launched its new report, Gravitating towards physics: How will higher fees affect the choices of prospective physics students? The report, which examines the potential impact of higher fees on young people’s decision to study physics at university, is based on a large research project conducted by YouthSight. A key finding from the report is that in terms of undergraduate degree applications, physics is … Continue reading →

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ROI increasingly driving student choice, even among the AABs

Posted on May 9, 2012 by YouthSight

Analysis of YouthSight’s latest Higher Expectations survey data shows that the 2011/12 cohort of new full time undergraduates made their university choices in substantially different ways to their predecessors. Read the detail here. Despite being unaffected by the new high tuition fee regime, last years’ new cohort of undergraduate starters were more influenced by ROI factors than any of the previous years we’ve monitored. The importance of future employability has … Continue reading →

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Tuition fees have little impact on university applications

Posted on March 16, 2012 by YouthSight

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Publisher: The Student
Publication date: 28 February 2012
Title: Survey: Tuition fees have little impact on applications

Research carried out by YouthSight shows that other factors are viewed as more important in the applicant decision making process than tuition fees. Student website StudentNewspaper.org published an article based on our research… University applicants expecting good A-level results do not decide where to apply based on tuition fees, an Opinion Panel survey suggests. According to the survey, prospective students applying this year have placed more emphasis on course suitability, … Continue reading →

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Fee increase outweighed by ‘return on investment’

Posted on February 16, 2012 by YouthSight

Publisher: Times Higher Education
Publication date: February 16 2012
Title: Fee increase outweighed by ‘return on investment’

OpinionPanel’s recent research on the affect of university tuition fees on applicants was cited in a Times Higher Education article. The research highlighted the importance of ‘return on investment’ by universities to new applicants in that their university choice hinges more on what they perceive they will gain afterwards such as good employment. The THE piece starts: Almost a quarter of all students have changed their thinking on where to … Continue reading →

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How have higher tuition fees affected the decision-making process of 2012 applicants?

Posted on February 15, 2012 by YouthSight

There’s been a lot of speculation in the media about the impact of higher fees on potential university applicants, much of it focussed on those who won’t to go to university as a result. To shed further light on the issue, OpinionPanel has recently done some research on the impact of higher fees on people who have decided to apply for university in 2012. The report is based on primary … Continue reading →

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Student Expectations Conference

Posted on March 30, 2011 by OpinionPanel

Event date: 15 March 2011
Organiser: Neil Stewart
Location: Westminster Studios
Participation: Speaking

Ben Marks’s workshop was entitled, “Exploring the ‘value’ of higher education – the key drivers of the variation in willingness to pay” and drew on OpinionPanel’s work on fee sensitivity using choice based conjoint approaches and the Price Sensitivity Meter approach. The short presentation was followed by a lengthy and detailed discussion.

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UCAS Data Matters conference

Posted on March 30, 2011 by OpinionPanel

Event date: 25 January 2011
Organiser: UCAS
Location: Hotel Russell
Participation: Speaking

Sam Burton’s presentation, entitled, “Working with survey data to understand and improve admissions outcomes” looked at perceptual fee differentials in willingness to pay between universities, key drivers of these differences, the links between employability and reputation and how open days are used by students and institutions. The objective was to help admissions and marketing officers at universties can use data to help tip the balance in favour of their institutions.

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This Debt is Driving Me Crazy!

Posted on March 2, 2011 by OpinionPanel

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By Natalie Waring, Junior Project Manager OpinionPanel I’ve always been fascinated by factors that can affect a person’s mental well being. The interest drove my degree choices – before joining OpinionPanel I completed a Clinical Psychology degree and then a Master’s degree in Research Methods in Psychology. The recent controversy around plans to increase undergraduate tuition fees made me consider the impact they might have on students’ mental health. It’s … Continue reading →

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