2026-04-17T09:08:39Z https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai

90355d7e2a978beaf4b2306bffc0f077d77a7580e00daa46d740e9960ef00736 2025-12-15T02:54:16Z language:enopenaire_data

The Irish Survey of Student Engagement (ISSE), 2014 The Irish Survey of Student Engagement (ISSE), 2014 doi:10.7929/ISSDA/XXWOQX0030-01 Irish Survey of Student Engagement ISSDAIrish Social Science Data Archive 2015 Social SciencesHigher education institutionsStudent behaviourStudent participationStudents (college)Tertiary educationEducational environmentUndergraduatesPost-graduatesLearningStudent engagement Higher and further education The central aim of Irish Survey of Student Engagement (ISSE) is to develop a valuable source of information about students’ experiences of higher education in Ireland. The results of the survey are intended primarily to add value at institutional level, and to inform national policy. A detailed online survey was offered to first year undergraduates, final year undergraduates and postgraduate students on taught programmes. Data are presented as responses to individual items and as calculated scores for eleven indices that relate to broad aspects of student engagement, such as Active Learning and Higher Order Thinking. The survey is the first national survey of students in Ireland and the first system-wide survey of its kind in Europe. The ISSE has formative links with the US National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE). Thus, Irish data can be evaluated in the context of other jurisdictions in addition to the national or sector contexts.<br> Student engagement may be defined as students’ involvement in activities and environments that are likely to generate high-quality learning. Students are ultimately responsible for their own learning but this depends on institutions and staff creating an environment that encourages and promotes student involvement in educationally-relevant activities. Student engagement with higher education is seen as being enhanced through exposing students to a high quality learning environment. Measuring engagement can provide a means to develop a fuller understanding of the student experience above and beyond that ascertained through surveys of student satisfaction alone.<br> More than 19, 800 students from thirty institutions responded to the survey which was undertaken in February – March 2014. Following a national pilot in 2013, this dataset represents the first result of fieldwork in 2014. 2014-022014-03 Ireland IndividualOrganization First year undergraduate students, final year undergraduate students and postgraduate students pursuing taught programmes in state-funded higher education institutions. Population group Cross-section Total universe/Complete enumeration<br> All members of the target cohort (first year undergraduate, final year undergraduate, taught postgraduate higher education students) were invited to participate in the survey. Self-administered questionnaire: Computer-assisted (CASI) ISSDA may only supply data for use in the EEA and adequacy decision countries. The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The data citation may be in the form on the dataset page or in the form required by the publication<br> Any work based in whole or part on resources provided by ISSDA, should acknowledge: "The Irish Survey of Student Engagement (ISSE), 2014" and also ISSDA, in the following way: “Accessed via the Irish Social Science Data Archive - www.ucd.ie/issda”.<br> Drennan, J. et al. (2014). The Irish Survey of Student Engagement. In: Coates, H., McCormick, A. (eds) Engaging University Students. Springer, Singapore. 10.1007/978-981-4585-63-7_8 https://issda.ucd.ie/oai doi:10.7929/ISSDA/XXWOQX 2025-12-11T02:00:00Z ddi:codebook:2_5