Surveys - PTES

Postgraduates overwhelmingly positive about taught courses, but wellbeing raises concerns

Higher Education Academy’s (HEA) annual Postgraduate Graduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) attracts a record response rate

PTES 2017 shows that more than 82% of postgraduate taught students are satisfied with their programmes.

However, a new question in the survey about ‘retention vulnerability’ reveals that over 51% of students with a mental health condition reported that they had considered leaving or suspending their studies; whereas only 19% of students who do not classify themselves with a disability report similar sentiments.

PTES Resource Toolkit

Thank you for requesting the toolkit.  Click on the PTES resource toolkit zip file below to access the pack which includes logos, posters and other resources.  You'll also see that we've included an updated 2017 manual.  Finally, we've produced a short introductory screencast which provides an overview of the new HEA Surveys Reporting portal.  You can view it here.

Over 82,000 students inform the HEA's 2016 Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey

The Higher Education Academy’s (HEA) widely-adopted Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) 2016 has gathered the most comprehensive feedback yet on the state of taught postgraduate education in the UK.

With responses from well over 82,000 postgraduates in 108 participating institutions, the key findings of the survey are:

New partnership enables global benchmarking of the postgraduate academic experience

A new partnership between the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and i-graduate will enable higher education institutions across the world to take part in the HEA’s highly-respected postgraduate surveys, the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) and Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES).  The move will align these surveys with i-graduate’s flagship International Student Barometer (ISB), implemented by over 1,400 institutions across 33 countries.   

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