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Old 04-18-2010, 11:41 AM   #1
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Hi everyone
please please fill in the questionaires, i am behind with my project. It will help me out big time.
graduates scroll down. Thanks all

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Questionnaire – question 3 – Undergraduates

Graduates please scroll down

I am interested in looking at how university education has changed since the 1992 higher education act. After this act more universities were established and more students started to attend. Student loans and tuition fees also were established in the following 10 years. The effects of these changes are what i am interested in studying and your answers to the following questions will help answer this.
This questionnaire will remain anonymous to preserve data.
Part A
Q1) What is your principle subject of study?
*Please Choose from the following
Medicine and life sciences
Physical sciences and other sciences
Architecture, building and planning
Social studies
Law
Business and Administrative Studies
Computer and ICT studies
Languages
Historical and philosophical studies
Other Humanity studies
Creative arts and design
Education
Q2) What year of study are you currently in?
*Please Choose from the following
1 2 3 4 5+
Q3) How many hours a week do you spend in lectures for your principle subject
*Please Choose from the following
1-4 5-8 9-12 13-16 17-20 21-24 25+

Q4) How many timetabled hours a week do you have with a lecturer?
Example would be seminars, tutorials etc
*Please Choose from the following
1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 13-14 15-16 17+
Q5) How many hours a week does your lecturer have office hours available to you if needed?
*Please Choose from the following
1-3 4-6 7-9 10-13 14+
Q6) Approximately how many students are they in attendance in your principle studies class.
*Please Choose from the following
1-6 7-12 13-18 19-24 25-30 31-36 37+
Part B
Answer the following questions stating how much you agree with the statements based on the scale below.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
1 2 3 4 5
Neither Disagree or Agree

Q7) I feel that I do not receive enough lectures for my principle subject per week.
1 2 3 4 5
Q8) i believe that my education is suffering because of too many students in my class.
1 2 3 4 5
Q9) I believe that my education is suffering because of not having enough contact time with lecturers and tutors.
1 2 3 4 5
Q10) I feel I do not have as much written or assessed work as if I was in a class with less students
1 2 3 4 5
Q11) I believe that there are advantages to having a large class
1 2 3 4 5

Q12) Based on the statistics below answer the following question
Average Contact and lectures hours Per Subject for current students in universities
Subject Contact time Lecture hours
Medicine and life sciences 19 10
Physical sciences and other sciences 18 11
Architecture, building and planning 14 5
Social studies 12 7
Law 13 7
Business and Administrative studies 13 7
Computer and ICT studies 13 5
Languages 10 4
Historical and philosophical studies 9 5
Other Humanity studies 10 5
Creative arts and design 13 4
education 13 6

Do you believe that the average amount of hours for your principle subject would be viable for your place of study in terms of time and your lecturer’s time?
1 2 3 4 5


Thank you again for answering this questionnaire.

Questionnaire – question 3 – graduates
The questionnaire will remain anonymous to preserve data.
Part A
Q1) What was your principle subject of study?
*Please Choose from the following
Medicine and life sciences
Physical sciences and other sciences
Architecture, building and planning
Social studies
Law
Business and Administrative Studies
Computer and ICT studies
School of Languages
Historical and philosophical studies
Other Humanity studies
Creative arts and design
Education
Q2) When did you graduate?
*Please Choose from the following
Pre 1970 Pre 1992 Post 1992 post 2004
Q3) How many hours a week did you spend in lectures for your principle subject
*Please Choose from the following
1-4 5-8 9-12 13-16 17-20 21-24 25+ N/A

Q4) How many timetabled hours a week did you have with a lecturer?
Example would be seminars, tutorials etc
*Please choose from the following
1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 13-14 15-16 17+ N/A
Q5) In terms of office hours of lecturers how many of these were available to you as students
*Please choose from the following
1-3 4-6 7-9 10-13 14+ N/A
Q6) How many students were in your principle subjects class?
*Please choose from the following
1-6 7-12 13-18 19-24 25-30 31-36 37+ N/A
Part B
The statistics below show the average contact time with tutors for current students
Subject Contact time Lecture hours
Medicine and life sciences 19 10
Physical sciences and other sciences 18 11
Architecture, building and planning 14 5
Social studies 12 7
Law 13 7
Business and administrate studies 13 7
Computer and ICT studies 13 5
Languages 10 4
Historical and philosophical studies 9 5
Other Humanity studies 10 5
Creative arts and design 13 4
Education 13 6

Examination of the Statistics
Answer the following questions with your view of the strength of the agreement of the statements in terms of the scale below.
Strongly disagree Strongly Agree
1 2 3 4 5
Neither disagree or agree

Q7) Do you believe that the average number of lectures for your principle subject was appropriate
1 2 3 4 5
Q8) Do you believe that the total average contact time with tutors is detrimental to current university education.
1 2 3 4 5
Q9) Do you believe that the average number of students in each university class is adequate.
1 2 3 4 5
Q10)Do you feel that students currently do not receive as much assessed/non assessed work as you did when you were studying.
1 2 3 4 5
Q11) Do you think it is advantageous to have larger class sizes within university education.
1 2 3 4 5
Q12) Do you believe that the changes in university education have been detrimental to education as a whole.
1 2 3 4 5

Thank You for your participation.
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