StudentSurvey.ie is for first year and final year undergraduate and taught postgraduate students. It opens each year during February – March for a three-week fieldwork period.
PGR StudentSurvey.ie is for Masters by Research and PhD postgraduate research students. This survey runs every second year, also in February – March for a three-week fieldwork period.
StudentSurvey.ie and PGR StudentSurvey.ie are designed to focus on student engagement, namely the amount of time and effort that students put into meaningful and purposeful educational activities, and the extent to which institutions provide such opportunities and encourage students to engage with them. The data collected reflects students’ self-reported perceptions of their experiences.
This survey is where you, the student, can have your voice heard. Take the survey and be part of the thousands of students that are having an impact on their higher education institution by sharing their experience.
What do you think your institution is doing well? Where could they improve? How have you found being a student there and what is life there like for you? We want to know! #HaveYourSay
Why do we run these surveys?
The main reason for the surveys is to provide benefits to each institution and its students by helping to improve feedback and appropriate follow up action. Objectives identified for the taught survey include:
To increase transparency in relation to the student experience in higher education institutions.
To enable direct student input on levels of engagement and satisfaction with their higher education institution.
To identify good practice that enhances the student experience.
To assist institutions to identify issues and challenges affecting the student experience.
To serve as a guide for continual enhancement of institutions’ teaching and learning and student engagement.
To document the experiences of the student population, thus enabling year on year comparisons of key performance indicators.
To provide insight into student opinion on important issues of higher education policy and practice.
To facilitate comparison with other higher education systems internationally.