• Future Innovators Student Focus Groups

    Register your interest

  • Thank you for your interest in taking part in a focus group organised by UUK.

    You are registering your interest to take part in an online focus group about innovation, aiming to find out how universities support students to develop new ideas, skills and ventures. We are interested in the views of students from a range of backgrounds across the UK.

    This is part of a wider research project commissioned by Universities UK and delivered by Public First, looking at how universities can better support innovation and the next generation of innovators, and feeds into the Future Universities campaign. 

    To be eligible to take part in this study you must be:

    ●       Aged 18 or over

    ●       Currently studying at a UK university

    If you are selected to take part in a focus group, you will receive a £20 Amazon voucher as thanks for your time, after attending the focus group.

    Focus groups will be 75 minutes long, held online via Zoom, and will take place in the week commencing 19th October. You will have the opportunity to state your availability in the form below.

    The deadline to register your interest is 16th October. We will reach out to you in the week commencing 19th October to let you know if you have been selected to take part, and to confirm dates.

  • How we will use your data

  • Universities UK is collecting this information to select a mix of participants for the focus groups. We will only share it if you are selected. If you are, we will pass your name, email address, university, level and field of study, gender, whether you are involved in innovation activity, your session time and your answers to the consent questions below to Public First, the independent research agency that will run the focus groups and analyse the findings. Public First will not receive the details of anyone who is not selected, and neither organisation will tell your university that you have registered.

    We rely on our legitimate interest in understanding how universities support students to develop new ideas, skills and ventures. Taking part is entirely voluntary. We will keep your registration details for six months and then delete them.

    Universities UK and Public First are jointly responsible for the focus groups themselves. Public First holds the recordings and transcripts, deletes recordings within six months of the sessions, and anonymises everything before it is analysed or published. Universities UK receives anonymised findings, and confirmation of who attended so that we can send your voucher.

    You can withdraw at any time, and you can ask either organisation to show you, correct or delete your information. Contact Universities UK at dataprotection@universitiesuk.ac.uk or Public First's Data Protection Officer at lbetham@stonehaven.uk.com.

    Please view the full privacy notices of Public First and Universities UK, for more information about how they handle your data.

    The final question, about updates from Universities UK on the Future Universities campaign, is separate from the research. Your answer to it makes no difference to whether you are selected.

  • Please note that we are looking for participants who are currently studying at a UK university and are over 18. Please confirm your eligibility.*

  • Register your interest

  • Contact and Student Details

  • Date of Birth*
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    2 digit month, 2 digit day, 4 digit year
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.

  • Study Profile

  • What level of study are you currently at?*
  • Are you actively involved in innovative activities as part of your studies or extracurricular interests? For example, but not limited to: starting a business or social enterprise, taking part in an innovation or entrepreneurship programme or competition, or developing a new product, service or process.*

  • Background and Access

  • How would you describe your gender?*
  • Did at least one of your parents or legal guardians attend university?*
  • Were you eligible for free school meals at any time during your childhood?*

  • Availability and Consent

  • Dates you can be available to take part in a focus group*
  • Please confirm that you are happy for us to contact you via email regarding your participation in these focus groups*
  • All focus groups will be recorded to help Public First analyse the discussion. Recordings are held securely by Public First, are not shared with Universities UK or anyone else, are never made public, and are deleted within six months of the session. Are you happy for any session you take part in to be recorded?*
  • We may wish to include quotes in any publications that arise from these groups. Any quotes that we include in our final report will be anonymised in a way that cannot identify you. Are you happy for us to quote you anonymously?*
  • Separately from this research: would you like to receive updates from Universities UK about the Future Universities campaign? You can unsubscribe at any time, and your answer does not affect whether you are selected.
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