The survey will be run twice – once at the beginning of your course, and once a few months after you finish your course. You are asked to provide your contact details so that IFF Research can get in touch with you to do the follow up survey. Also, by providing your contact details you …
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The survey is to understand how people’s lives change while they study, and after they have finished studying. Studying can help people to learn new skills, find new jobs or progress in their current job. We want to understand any changes in work, pay, and how much you like your job, which might be affected …
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This is a number that you may have been given when you enrolled / signed up to start on the course. It might be on your student card, or a letter from the provider confirming your enrolment or email from your learning provider confirming you are doing the course. You can also ask your tutor …
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The survey asks for your student number so that the research company, IFF Research, can add on information about what course you are doing after you complete the survey. This means we don’t need to ask you for this information in the survey. If you enter your student number the survey system will also check …
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Taking part in the survey will help provide better information about how studying helps learners, which will be used to improve courses and learner support. If you take part in the survey and provide your contact details you can enter a prize draw to win an iPad. The draw will take place after the end …
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If you are having problems making the survey work online, please speak to your course tutor. They may be able to help, or they can speak to the research company that is running the survey, who will try to fix the problem. We also have some help for technical problems below: I can’t get into …
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Yes, this survey follows all the rules about data protection. All of the answers you give in the survey will be kept completely safe and will not be given to anyone else. If you want to see the answers you have given in the survey, or if you want to change your answers or you …
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This survey is to understand how people’s lives change while they study, and after they have finished studying. Studying can influence people’s lives in different ways. There might be changes to the job you get after studying, but there might be other changes too, like how happy you are, how confident you feel, or the …
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When the survey is finished, all of the answers from learners in all the different learning providers in London will be put together, analysed and written about in a report. The report will say things like “20% of people were studying to help improve their job.” The report will not mention anyone’s name.
A research company called IFF Research is running this survey. There is a small team of people working at this company who will be able to see your answers. These people are not allowed to tell anyone else about your answers. Your answers will not be given to anyone else, and no one else will …