HDR student satisfaction survey
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Are you a domestic or international student? *
What gender are you? *
What year of your PhD are you in? *
How would you rate the level of support and access to resources that you require to develop the skills you need for your research (e.g. quantitative training, writing)? *
poor
excellent
Please explain
How useful do you feel the BIOL990 - HDR research iLearn site is? *
Not useful at all
Very useful
How could the iLearn site BIOL990 be improved?
How often do you refer to the BIOL990 iLearn site for information? *
How satisfied are you with the amount of support you get from your supervisory team? *
"Supervisory team" includes to your primary supervisor, co-supervisors and your HDR panel members.
very unsatisfied
very satisfied
How satisfied are you with the quality of support you get from your supervisory team? *
"Supervisory team" includes to your primary supervisor, co-supervisors and your HDR panel members.
very unsatisfied
very satisfied
Please provide more information if you would like to expand on the quality and/or amount of support of that you receive from your supervisory team.
What proportion of your PhD candidature do you feel consists of being mentored by your supervisor and being trained? *
Please provide a % for supervisor mentioning and a % for training (the two numbers do not not have to = 100%). Here we use the 2008 Council of Graduate Schools Ph.D. Completion Project's definition of mentoring "...advice about how to navigate a career path after completing the degree; and for others, it may mean providing support and counsel when students are experiencing tough times, including such common obstacles as writer’s block, complications in the relationship with one’s research advisor or committee, or discouraging experiences on an academic job market."
Would you like to add any additional comments on your mentorship and training?
Which system do you prefer for monitoring your PhD progress? *
(1) the new Panel based system (2 x interviews per 6-8 monthly cycle by the same academics and decoupled from HDR Conference); or (2) the old non-Panel based system (1 x annual interview with random academics linked to HDR Conference)?
Would you like to expand on your answer about the progress review system?
Would you prefer both of your HDR progress interviews to be face-to-face meeting, or for one to be conducted via email / an online question-based interview? *
Would you like to expand on your answer about your preferred progress interview format?
Do you want to continue onto a research, or traditional academic career path (teaching and research at a university), post PhD? *
Would you like to expand on your answer about your future career path?
What skills do you still need to develop for the next stage of your career? *
Are you aware of opportunities within the department to develop your research and soft skills further? *
e.g.  research discussions across lab groups, to develop new collaborations across research groups, present your research, tutoring, G2G workshops, FSE workshops, etc...
Please can you list the opportunities that you have taken advantage of within the Department or Faculty? *
How ready do you feel you will be at the completion of your PhD to pursue a research career or non-research focused career? *
not at all prepared
very prepared
What could the department do to improve the HDR candidature experience of our students? *
If you have a concern or contribution to the department do you feel that you have the opportunity to express it and be heard? *
Considering all the factors you have thought about during this survey please rate your overall satisfaction *
very unsatisfied
very satisfied
Do you have any other comments you would like to make?
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