Postgraduate Taught student pre-arrival survey
A few questions to help the Student Experience team plan with your needs in mind.
Your programme of study
e.g. MA Contemporary History, LLM Law
Mode of study (e.g. Full-time, part-time, in person, distance learning)
Situational - previous study? (Please tick all that apply.)
I did my undergraduate programme at the University of Birmingham.
I didn't do my undergraduate programme at the University of Birmingham.
I did my undergraduate programme at a UK university.
I did my undergraduate programme at a university outside the UK.
Other
Situational - how long since previous study? (Please tick all that apply.)
I'm going straight from doing my undergraduate programme to doing my postgraduate taught programme.
I've had a small gap between doing my undergraduate programme and doing my postgraduate taught programme.
I've had a big gap between doing my undergraduate programme and doing my postgraduate taught programme.
Other
Situational - why studying for a postgraduate taught programme? (Please tick all that apply.)
I'm doing my postgraduate taught programme to change career.
I'm doing my postgraduate taught programme alongside my current job and it's relevant to my job.
I'm doing my postgraduate taught programme alongside my current job, but it's not relevant to my job.
I'm doing my postgraduate taught programme purely out of personal interest in the subject.
Doing my postgraduate taught programme is a step towards my overall aim of doing a Postgraduate Research programme.
I'm taking a career break to do my postgraduate taught programme of study.
I have chosen to study on a postgraduate taught programme because I have retired.
I have chosen to study on a postgraduate taught programme for other reasons.
Situational - personal circumstances (Please tick all that apply.)
I am new to Birmingham.
I am new to the UK.
I know Birmingham well.
I will be living locally.
I will be commuting to campus from further afield.
I will be mainly studying remotely and will hardly ever come to campus.
I won't come to campus at all.
I have caring or family responsibilities.
I will be working full-time alongside studying.
I will be working part-time alongside studying.
Other
Time and inclination (Please tick all that apply.)
I will have time to be sociable.
I probably won't have much time to be sociable.
I would like to meet others in a similar situation to me.
I mainly want to meet people on my programme.
I'd like to meet a wide variety of people within my Department, School, College and the wider University.
I mainly want to meet fellow students.
I want to be part of a staff-student community.
I already have a busy social life outside of the university and mainly just want to study.
I like to keep study and social separate.
My postgraduate taught programme is the main thing I will be focusing on in my life.
My postgraduate taught programme will be one of several things that I will be focusing on.
Other
Please mention anything else below that you would like us to know in addition to the above answers or feel free to elaborate further if you ticked 'other' for anything.
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