Yes, results from the mainstage survey will be shared with specific providers in anonymised / aggregate form so that you can see the overall results from your own learners.
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Will providers be able to see which students have completed the survey and which haven’t?
No, we can’t show which students have completed the survey. This is for two main reasons: 1) Data protection rules mean that we need to keep this confidential, and 2) We may not initially know which students have taken part, as it depends on what information they give us at the baseline stage. We ask …
Will it be possible to get a copy of the questionnaire, so we can familiarise ourselves with the questions?
Yes – a provider reference copy of the questionnaire will be distributed to all providers. If you have not received this, please contact your IFF Liaison Officer.
Are we able to ring students and do the survey with them over the phone?
This isn’t something we expect providers to be able to do, but we are happy in principle for this to happen if necessary, and if the provider wishes to do so.
While you say that we can target all learners on selected courses, even if they are not all GLA-AEB funded learners – if there are only very few students that would be truly eligible, would it be ok to just target those ones? I.e. if only 1 student in a class of 15 is likely to be eligible, would it be acceptable to just ask that one student to complete?
In that case, yes, it is absolutely fine to target specific learners if this is possible and you are happy to do so. While we can remove any learners from analysis who are ineligible later on, if the proportion of ineligible learners in a class is likely to be high then it is beneficial to …
Do learners get anything in return for taking part?
Learners can enter a monthly prize draw to win an iPad.
Why does the survey ask about things like wellbeing and social integration?
The survey will generate evidence about all outcomes from adult education, not just the more ‘traditional’ economic measures relating to work or progression into further education. Hence, the survey asks about a range of wider outcomes including wellbeing, self-efficacy, and social interactions.
How long will the survey take learners to complete?
Based on analysis of the original pilot survey, it should take learners around 10-12 minutes on average, but we recognise that some learners may take longer than this. Learners can complete the survey in stages if they enter their email address at the start, as this enables us to send them a new link which …
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What should we do if we have both GLA AEB-funded learners and other learners (e.g. self-funded, ESFA AEB-funded)?
If you have a class which includes both GLA AEB-funded learners and other learners (e.g. self-funded or ESFA AEB-funded learners), you can invite all the learners to complete the survey (to avoid having to distinguish between different types of learners on the same course). IFF will suppress any ineligible survey completes from the main data …
What should we do if learners have issues completing the survey?
The survey has been designed to be as straightforward as possible, but we recognise that some learners may have difficulties completing it due to language or literacy issues or lack of digital skills to get online. Learners can complete the online survey in 12 languages: English, Arabic, Bengali, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, …
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