Summary information

Study title

Survey of Part-Time Graduate Students, 1977-1978

Creator

Rudd, E., University of Essex, Unit for Research into Higher Education

Study number / PID

1314 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1314-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

To provide data for an SRC policy review.
Main Topics:

Variables
Demographic data (age, sex, whether married, etc.); education and qualifications; employment; reasons for entering post-graduate study; reasons for studying part-time; reasons for choice of course; time spent on studies; cost of studies; support from employer.

Higher and further education

DEGREESEDUCATIONAL ADMISSIONEDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCEEDUCATIONAL COURSESEDUCATIONAL EXPENDITUREEDUCATIONAL GRANTSEDUCATIONAL LEAVEEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT HISTORYGRADUATESINCOMEINDUSTRIES

Data collection period

01/12/1978 - 01/03/1979

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals

Groups

National

Students

Universe

Postgraduate students studying part-time in subjects within the fields of science covered on the SRC during the year 1977-1978

Sampling procedure

Simple random sample

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Postal survey

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1981

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Lee, C., Rudd, E. and Stevens, B. (1979) Surveys of part-time and short full-time courses and part-time graduate students in science and technology: Report to SRC [Research report], : SRC.