Bespoke education-related research
Our consultants are some of the most experienced professionals in international education, recruitment and market research. The totality of our expertise creates an unrivalled breadth and depth of insight into the education sector. To date we have conducted numerous studies for stakeholders in education - including students, alumni, staff, employers, agents, governments and media. Recent examples include:
- Feasibility study for a Scottish university wishing to develop new postgraduate facilities and accommodation (2009)
- Tracking the student experience in English Language Teaching in Australia (2009)
- Feasibility study for developing a London campus for a UK university (2009)
- 'Starting your career in...' Careers Guides for international students completing their degrees and returning home to find work, in partnership with NASES (2009)
- ParentPulse: a study of parents of students at an international secondary school to examine parents' perceptions of the institution, its curriculum and support services (2009)
- Study with employers to understand the benefits of recruiting international students and graduates, and the barriers to doing so, in collaboration with the CIHE (2009)
- Tracking the student experience in English Language Teaching in the UK (2009)
- The views of international graduates who have studied in the UK - how do they view their UK higher education experience? Chapter Five of The Council for Industry and Higher Education's (CIHE) Global Horizons and the Roles of Employers report (October 2008)
- Country insight study for Holland, in partnership with Nuffic (October 2008)
- Report of the international student experience in Denmark for Cirius (Summer 2008)
- A recent major 2 year study was carreid out on behalf of British Council Scotland, ‘Tracking the university and college experience in Scotland: What do international students think? Comparing the experience, two years on’. The report of the study is one of a number of tools that British Council Scotland is using to assess marketing plans for their next 3 year plan for Education UK Scotland (May 2008)
- Higher Education Wales study to determine the perceptions and aspirations of students who choose to study in Wales (May 2008)
- Financial Services Authority evaluation of financial student support programmes (May 2008)
- National student living experience report, in partnership with CUBO (April 2008)
- ICEF Agent Barometer - A study of agents working in international education (November 2007, November 2008)
- Student Learning Tribes - moving beyond the comfortable intellectual confines of nations and nationalities (October 2007)
- Mapping the future needs and expectations of senior stakeholders in higher education (ongoing)
- What are we like? The International Educators' Report (Summer 2007, Summer 2008)
- Does the UK lead the world in international education: a comparison of the international student experience in the UK (June 2007)
- Attractiveness of Transnational education in Malaysia (July 2007)
- Catering survey for UK university (July 2007)
- Employer opinions on international students (July 2007)
- Recruitment and Retention in Higher Education - a survey of academics (October 2006)
- Stakeholder survey for a government training organisation (September 2006)
- Tracking the FE/HE education experience in Scotland (April 2006, April 2008)
For further details, please contact Felice Nightingale (felice.nightingale@i-graduate.org)