The Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) will open on Monday 15 April 2024 and is an opportunity for all postgraduate research (PGR) students to share experiences about:
- Supervision
- Resources
- Research Community
- Progress and Assessment
- Skills and Professional Development
- Wellbeing.
It also considers PGR students’ motivations for taking their research degree programme.
The survey is confidential and takes 15-20 minutes to complete. The feedback will be used to inform BU-wide enhancements to the PGR experience and inform faculty level improvements to the research environment and support for PGRs. It will also help us to benchmark our performance against other Higher Education institutions to identify key areas for development.
If you are eligible, you will receive an email on Monday 15 April from BU’s Doctoral College (from [email protected]) with a unique link to the survey. If you haven’t received an email and feel that you are eligible, please contact [email protected].
If you would like to know more about the survey, please visit the PRES 2024 webpage. The PRES 2024 privacy notice is also available for your perusal.
The deadline to complete the survey is Thursday 16 May 2024.
Thank you to all PGRs who completed the 2023 PRES survey – we listened to you and your feedback has helped us to enhance your PGR experience in a range of areas. Click here to view what we have done as a university following the outcomes of the results of the PRES 2023 survey.
The Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) is a national survey led by AdvanceHE and coordinated by the Doctoral College.
