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YouthSight has been tracking the Student Vote since 2004. Our latest wave of research (Wave 141) was conducted 16th to 19th August 2019 for the Times Higher Education. It shows...
Since 2015 we have been...
In the past decade the number of 18-year olds has been in decline and over the same period, mature and part-time study numbers have also dropped. It's simple economics that fewer...
In the past decade the number of 18-year olds has been in decline and over the same period, mature and part-time study numbers have also dropped. It's simple economics that fewer...
If you thought 2018 was an eventful year in Higher Education, it may prove to have been nothing more than a warm-up act. With review announcements, political upheavals, new...
International students mean big business for Britain and its universities. The UK played host to 438,010 foreign under- and post-graduates in 2015-16, generating an estimated £25.8...
For those of you who’ve read our ‘Who is Generation Z’ Youth Culture Snippet, you’ll know that the way Gen Z consume information has changed quite a lot in comparison to...
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On clearing day last year, Staffordshire University made the unusual choice of offering last-minute places via Snapchat. Sheffield Hallam made offers on Facebook Messenger, and...
In March this year, a student sued Anglia Ruskin University for her ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree which, she claimed, did not prepare her for future employment. “The
The growing importance of employability for prospective students picking a course or university has been big news for some time. Yet certain
The race to convert applicants into students has well and truly begun. The main UCAS application deadline was in January, so it’s now ‘make or break’ time
The number of students dropping out of university citing mental health issues is at a record high. So why are institutions forcing students to wait for up
How do young people work with their parents when choosing where to study? Do parents collaborate or impose? Are there consistent and predictable ‘styles’ of involvement out there?
We think the new PG loan is big news. It was introduced in 2016 with the aim of boosting the stagnating PGT enrollment numbers[1], especially from lower socioeconomic groups...
Gender pay inequality is big news. Last week’s IFS’s report on the topic dominated the headlines. In her inaugural speech as Prime Minister, Theresa May stressed the need to...
When choosing a university for a postgraduate degree, reputation becomes more important for many prospective postgraduates. YouthSight’s syndicated study, PGT
The sector has crossed a symbolic line. For the first time our Higher Expectations survey has recorded that, when selecting where to study, high-achieving prospective students now...
University league tables are used widely by students and parents, but do they adequately examine student experience? Our latest research polled 15,000 full-time undergraduates from ...
The UK’s HE funding bodies are asking if they should include an optional question in NSS on feelings of community membership at university.
This is the question many cash strapped students regularly face. But what is it really like to live on a student loan...
More than 61,000 undergraduate students were accepted through Clearing for 2014. The final number for 2015 entry will be even higher. That means that around 12% of freshers will...
In a recent presentation at GuildHE (the body representing 27 UK universities, university colleges and specialist colleges) James MacGregor, Head of HE Research at YouthSight, and...
The drivers of university choices among UK prospective undergraduates are well-researched. Reputations, course appeal, and employability figure prominently as they hint at how much...
Vague measures of reputation and employability have long been the dominant factors in university choice. But, their meanings are ambiguous. They are overlapping and multi-faceted...
The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on Government-backed loans for postgraduate taught students is reigniting senior teams’ interest in offering these courses.
Img source: University of NewCastle Open day 2017
Open days matter more than ever.
Open Days are becoming...
Universities have been operating in a fast-changing environment in recent years. Having timely insights on which to base decisions has never been so important. Our Snippets have...
University marketing teams are always keen to discover what makes their institution unique. Sometimes the answer – or at least part of the answer – lies right under everyone’s...
We’ve been measuring what new undergraduate starters regard as being most important in their decision making process for 11 years. In that time, nearly every one of the 42 factors...
Future employability statistics now play a major role in prospective students’ decision-making, feeding into, amongst other things, league tables, Key Information Sets and HEI...
November’s Snippet is based on findings from our latest syndicated research study, PGT+BE: Using behavioral economics (BE) to understand how students really make their taught...
YouthSight’s first HE Research Snippet unearthed an interesting upward trend in parental attendance at university open days. Although this research was conducted with ‘pre-£9,000’...
Most students who go through Clearing have had to re-evaluate their university choices because their grades were not what they hoped for. Having not got into their first choice...
University choices are often complex, multi-faceted decisions, but the decision on what subject to study at undergraduate level often boils down to a few key factors. Our Higher...
A new study released by the Nightline Association suggests negative feelings and mood states including depression, anxiety, and stress are prevalent in the UK’s student population.
Our latest research shows that Open Days are becoming increasingly – and significantly – more important in the applicant decision-making process.Our Higher Expectations study (which...
Net Promoter Scores (NPS) have been touted as the ‘Ultimate Question’ for business leaders because of their strong positive correlation with revenue growth. Bain & Co, the...
Love them or hate them, university league tables are central to the decision-making of many university applicants. And with increasing consumerisation
Which? has released new findings from a survey of 2012/13 university freshers, which looked at how students’ expectations of their first semester at university match up to the...
With the recent growth in membership of the Russell Group and following a series of departures from the 1994 Group (e.g. the universities of Bath and Surrey),
YouthSight has been commissioned by a pre-1992 university to undertake a two-stage research project exploring applicants’ views on multidisciplinary degrees. The project will...
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...
The University of Chester has won the “Most Improved Student Experience” at this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) Awards. The winner of this category is determined by research...
The 2012/13 batch of fresh-faced first year students are now just over a month into university life. Many will already be reflecting on how their early university
Ofsted, the organisation responsible for inspecting and regulating further education and skills providers in England, launched its revised Common Inspection Framework in September...
Last year we distributed a free research paper on parental involvement in university open days, 2008/09 to 2010/11. We asked if the rise in helicopter parenting and the...
Open days are one of the most important marketing channels available for universities. They present a unique opportunity for HEIs to present themselves in a way that is untrammelled...
Research carried out by OpinionPanel in 2006 about how students were taught creationism in school was cited in The Guardian in an article on demands for tougher guidelines on...
By Melanie Cohen, Project Director Bright Young Things – OpinionPanel
Last week we asked 1000 students what was at the top of their wish list for Christmas this year on our Student Omnibus Questionnaire.
An insightful conference about strategies for universities to effectively market to, recruit and retain students in a time of increased student expectations and a challenging job...
Research carried out by OpinionPanel and the University of Leicester, looking at a cross section of 10 named universities, found that 1 in 10 of prospective students would be put...
A poll by OpinionPanel and the University of Leicester found that 14% of students from low-income homes would be deterred from applying to university if fees rose from the current...
Research conducted by OpinionPanel and the University of Leicester, looking at a cross section of 10 named universities, found that 1 in 10 of prospective students would be put off...
Opinionpanel's new report "How much more will students pay?" by Professor Anna Vignoles examines likely responses to changes in higher education tuition fees.
Opinionpanel has been working with the consultancy, mobileYouth, looking at how students interact with their mobile handset brands; in particular looking at mobile handset brand...
Three-quarters of students have a holiday job to help fund their university studies research shows. About 73% of students said they had a job to help cover the cost of their degree,...
Half of full-time students set to graduate this summer are seriously considering postgrad options. This option is popular among student who attend either Russell Group or other...
We carried out some research about what students hope to go on to do after they complete their studies. The results show that half of this year's undergraduates are seriously...
The Complete University Guide will soon be publishing their updated annual league table. As an additional benefit for student visitors to their website, they are featuring some...
Opinionpanel has released a report on graduates and the recession. Key findings from over 500 recent graduates highlight their desire for employers to see beyond the short term and...
A London Student survey carried out by Opinionpanel Research on the Student Omnibus Survey has revealed the attitudes of the UK's student population to rape. Key findings were that...
Results of the Times Higher's Student Experience polling is published in full.
New research published yesterday shows that students who want to get a good job that pays well should apply to an institution belonging to the Russell Group or 1994 Group of...
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...
Universities are delivering on student expectations of higher graduate salaries, according to a new report by the 1994 Group of student-focused, research-intensive universities. ...
Managing director at the student finance website wealthystudent.co.uk recommends The Student Panel as a way for students to swap their time over the internet to boost their income.
Coverage of a report published on June 26th by Opinionpanel which documents a big shift in political allegiances on campus since 2004.
New research by Opinionpanel and London Media shows that students, the vast majority of whom own PCs and MP3 players, are staying loyal to the CD format despite the convenience of...
Research carried out by Opinionpanel - The Student Account Acquisition Study 2007/8 - reveals the latest trends in the student account market in both England & Wales and Scotland.
Opinionpanel research found that more than 75 000 students with access to student radio tune in at least once a week and 92% want relevant news and services.
North West Evening Mail's coverage on how Lancaster University came 30th in the Student Experience Awards 2007.
A good social life and extracurricular activities rank alongside teaching quality when it comes to the factors students consider most central to their university experience.The...
Which universities offer students the best value for money? Ben Marks Managing Director of Opinionpanel looks into The Student Experience. See page 3 for Ben's article.
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...
Over the past decade annual student debt has increased by a staggering 167% - from £1.2 billion to £3.2 billion according to a new study by uSwitch.com carried out by Opinionpanel...
Almost 50,000 students will graduate in 2007 with an average debt of £11,000 but a staggering 14,500 will owe more than £20,000 with some even hitting the £30,000 mark according to...
STUDENTS in Scotland are the most hard-working in the UK with a third working more than 25 hours a week. Scottish undergraduates typically graft for five hours more than other...
Can students spell? Opinionpanel ran its very own spelling test. Click here to view the full article
University students often get a bad rap in the press - especially when it comes to spelling and grammar! So we decided to run a mass test - just for a bit of fun.
PRESS - The Guardian - The Age of the Student Eurocommuter.
New research carried out by Opinionpanel – The Student Account Acquisition Study 2006/07 - reveals the trends in the student banking market.
Loughborough University has been crowned the most popular university among students.
Two-fifths believe that universities should boycott companies with any involvement in the arms trade while one fifth believe that universities should be allowed links with arms...
Can a degree that takes less than 20 hours' work a week to complete be worth the same as one that demands more than 40 hours a week from students?
Read our tables from our recent research on students' beliefs about life on earth and how it came about.
Evolution is on the way out - more than 30% of students in the UK say they believe in creationism and intelligent design…
Advertisers don't see grubby students, they see wealthy young consumers...
CHEATING and plagiarism by university students is widespread, according to a survey of undergraduates published today.
A survey has revealed widespread cheating among university students with one in three copying ideas from books or the internet...
ONE in six university students copy coursework from friends a survey has revealed.
One in six students at universities say they have copied from friends and one in ten admits to looking for essays online...
YouthSight has been tracking the Student Vote since 2004. Our latest wave of research (Wave 141) was conducted 16th to 19th August 2019 for the Times Higher Education. It shows...
Since 2015 we have been...
The monitor report compiled by the Higher...
YouthSight has been tracking the political views of students since 2004 and views on Brexit since 2016. Today’s release was...
Over two-thirds (68%) of students now back Labour, but most of them think Labour (55%) and Jeremy Corbyn (58%) back Remain.
Last week, HEPI and YouthSight polled over 1,000 full-time undergraduate students entitled to vote in the 2017 General Election.
Open Britain commissioned YouthSight to conduct a poll of UK students to see how they voted in the EU referendum, determine levels of regret in relation to the vote and understand...
Students in the UK turned out in large numbers to vote in the EU referendum but have to live with a result that they feel very negatively about.
Brexit delivered a huge shock to the UK's 124,000 EU students.
They've received reassurances, but we wanted to learn how they are actually feeling -
Welcome to the first of our new occasional series - the HEPI / YouthSight Monitor. As the name implies, each report will be a collaboration between the Higher Education Policy...
Research Highlights
YouthSight's February 2015 student polling data has been recently featured in The Prospect.
Research highlights
In the run up to the general election, YouthSight will be posing questions to young people across the UK about issues that affect them. The first in our series explored student
New research by YouthSight conducted 6th June to 10th June 2014 has shown that students clearly reject UKIP. Prior to the May 2014 European elections, UKIP were polling 5% among...
YouthSight’s most recent polling of higher education students shows student opinions have remained relatively stable over the last year, and that students take a more left-wing and...
Our most recent polling of students and their voting intentions has been reported in The Times.
Polling figures from The Student Panel have recently been cited by The Observer. The Observer article starts:
Research carried out by OpinionPanel has been mentioned in a Channel 4 news online. The article starts:
Opinionpanel's poll on student voting which reveals that 50% of students are planning to back the Lib Dems was mentioned in an article on volatile general election campaigning in...
Opinionpanel Research's student voting poll showing that the student vote has doubled in support for the Liberal Democrats was mentioned in an article in the Sunday Observer.
The televised debates between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg have boosted student support for the Liberal Democrats, new research shows. A poll of more than 1,000...
Data analysis based on the fieldwork dated 26th/27th April 2010. In support of the Research Note on “The Student Vote after two Leader Debates”
Data analysis for the March / April 2010 wave of student polling
Coverage of a report by Paul Whiteley, professor of government at the University of Essex, on Opinionpanel's student voting poll.
Data analysis of key student voting questions and demographics over 33 waves.
Opinionpanel Research has released the latest results of their Student Voting Study, the only comprehensive analysis of the political views of the student population over the last...
The election of David Cameron as Tory leader has led to a remarkable surge in party membership, figures obtained by The Daily Telegraph show...
Labour's electoral dominance on Britain's campuses will come to an end on May 5 amid a surge of support among academics and students for the Liberal Democrats...
Support for the Liberal Democrats among academics and students has surged according to two new polls.
Some 47 per cent of students have decided to back the Liberal Democrats...
The Liberal Democrats will get the bulk of the student vote at the next general election with freshers most likely to vote against Labour.
Support for the Liberal Democrats among academics and students has surged according to two new polls...
The Liberal Democrats have set up a £100,000 fighting fund to help to target student voters.
Opinionpanel finds a massive student swing to the Liberal Democrats in the run up to the General Election in May 2005.
Only one in five students will cast their vote because of concerns about tuition fees...
The prestigious event held the Celtic Manor Resort in Wales,...
Brand Distinctiveness 101 : Here's What Happened At Our HE Insight Club Event, Birmingham.
It was great seeing so many of our HE Insight Club clients attend our bi-annual HE event...
If you'd like to find out 'What Beyonce's beyhive can teach us about brand loyalty', join us in our exclusive webinar on April 3rd. Just click below to reserve your seat.
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Bored of gimmicky, youth networking events which...
Finally getting to grips with Millennials? Its now time to dive into the world of Generation Z -...
We're so excited to share the great success of the first HE Insight Club Event. Specifically...
Our Youth Research & Insight Research Manager, Jane Mackey will be hosting a free webinar to reveal 10 food trends we've spotted in our State of the Youth Nation tracking data....
Our Head of Youth Research & Insight, Josephine Hansom will be...
Hundreds of you tuned into Josephine's eagerly anticipated webinar last month, when she presented '50 of the biggest Millennial trends to reveal the state of the youth nation'. Due...
We will be exhibiting and...
Our very own Josephine Hansom, head of YouthSight's ...
Graduate Recruiters Network: Live is a private...
The Hub is an organisation set up to help promote independent...
James’ paper was...
Josephine will be part of a panel exploring...
Graduate Recruiters...
We were selected as finalists for developing...
We’ll be...
The Panel Services Team and the Custom Research and Insight Teams will be on-hand at the Insight...
With the new...
If you’re going to be at the conference, please come over and say hello.
We’ve got some...
Some universities...
On 29th August - 2nd September 2011, we will be speaking...
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