Summary information
Study title
Study of Postgraduate Education; Survey of Part-Time Graduate Students
Creator
Rudd, E., University of Essex, Unit for Research into Higher Education
Study number / PID
66028 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-66028-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
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This study, designed to asses the quality of postgraduate education, has three parts: a survey of full-time research students; a survey of advanced course students and a survey of part-time graduate students.Main Topics:
Variables
Variables are as for SN:66026, with the addition of a battery of indicators specific to part-time study. These include: type of present employment and salary obtained, whether the respondent feels that he will be able to complete his degree goal, whether he has ever applied for a full-time grant, extra expenses incurred by part-time study and how these are met, and amount of contact the respondent has with his institute.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/07/1966 - 01/09/1966
Country
England
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
Subnational
Students
Universe
Part-time graduate students at 4 universities and 2 university colleges: City, Leeds, Leicester, Manchester, and Birkbeck and Queen Mary College, London
Sampling procedure
Simple random sample
1 in 4 of the part-time graduate student population of above colleges: from lists at fixed interval
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Postal survey
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1972
Terms of data access
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Related publications
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