What is it?

The Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey or PTES is a national survey of postgraduate taught students inviting them to comment on their course and experience. The questionnaire takes around 10 minutes to complete.

Why should I take part?

The Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey is your chance to tell us your thoughts about your course. The results help us compare how we are doing with other institutions, to make changes that will improve what we do in future and to keep doing the things that you value. This will help improve the experience of students like you in the future.

To thank you for taking part once you complete the survey you will automatically be entered into a prize draw where you could win one of two £50 Love2shop vouchers. Please see here for full terms and conditions

What does it cover?

PTES concentrates on your course and includes:

• The experience of teaching and learning, including: staff, learning materials, working with other students;
• Engagement and course challenge;
• Community, the connection that feels to be part of taught postgraduate community;
• Assessment and feedback, including the marking criteria and prompt feedback;
• Dissertation or major project, including the supervisor support for planning and provides feedback;
• Organisation and management, including induction and involvement in course decisions;
• Resources, including learning resources;
• Support, including for academic skills and for health and wellbeing;
• Skills development, including independent learning, research skills and career skills;
• Overall satisfaction;

What happens to the results?

Your feedback is important. Over one hundred universities and colleges take part. This means we can compare your experience against similar postgraduates at other institutions to see if we are supporting your learning as we should. We use the findings to improve our courses and the learning experience for future students.

Is it anonymous?

Your survey response is confidential to the team processing the results and no reporting outside of this team will identify any individual. Any results communicated to teaching staff will be anonymised.

The survey asks that any comments you make should not identify yourself or any specific members of staff.

What do I need to do?

You will receive an email with a link to the questionnaire on Thursday 25^th May. Simply click on the link and complete the online form before Friday 16^th June.

Where can I find out more?

If you are unsure about anything to do with the survey, or have any difficulty, please email: hss@hud.ac.uk

You can also read more about the survey by going to https://students.hud.ac.uk/surveys/ptes/