Summary information
Study title
Student Choice in Higher National Diploma Courses, 1979-1980
Creator
Freshwater, S., Scottish Council for Research in Education
Study number / PID
1559 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-1559-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
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The number of students undertaking diploma courses in further education has expanded in recent years. In the light of this, the aims of the now completed project were to gain a better understanding of the bases upon which students opt for entry, and to look at student characteristics and drop-out in the first year of study.
The courses, of two or three years' duration, that were selected for study were Computer Data Processing, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Chemistry, these subjects being regarded as particularly relevant in view of the national demand for qualified manpower in these areas. Initial exploratory interviews were supplemented by a survey of all entrants in Scotland for the academic session 1979/80.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/09/1979 - 01/03/1980
Country
Scotland
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Groups
National
Students
Universe
All entrants to Higher National Diploma courses in Computer Data Processing, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Chemistry in October 1979 in Scotland
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1982
Terms of data access
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