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Environments to support e-Learning In UK Further and Higher Education
1.8 Which methods of consultation with student have you found work best? Please
write in
In 2003 the partially comparable question was:
1.6 How have you consulted with each group mentioned? Please tick all the
methods that have been used so far (Students)
Table: Methods Student consultation
Total FE HE - Pre ‘92 HE - Post ‘92 HE college HE all
2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003
N = 195 205 137 135 26 34 19 23 12 13 57 70
Course committees 5% 23% 4% 18% 0% 24% 11% 48% 17% 31% 5% 33%
Institutional committees 3% 25% 1% 10% 4% 56% 0% 52% 17% 54% 4% 54%
Focus groups 32% 32% 33% 28% 35% 47% 42% 35% 17% 23% 32% 39%
Intranet/online 12% 21% 7% 19% 23% 26% 16% 35% 25% 15% 21% 27%
Email lists 4% 14% 4% 11% 8% 24% 11% 17% 0% 15% 7% 20%
Meetings/face to face 11% 10% 12% 9% 19% 15% 5% 13% 0% 8% 9% 13%
Questionnaires/survey 49% 40% 45% 36% 58% 53% 63% 48% 75% 31% 61% 47%
Training courses/workshops 5% 14% 6% 11% 4% 15% 5% 22% 8% 31% 4% 20%
Students Union 7% 21% 4% 8% 12% 44% 16% 39% 17% 62% 14% 46%
Formal student committees 12% 17% 12% 9% 19% 29% 11% 30% 8% 46% 16% 33%
Informal contact and discussions 7% 71% 8% 68% 8% 85% 5% 74% 0% 54% 5% 76%
Other method - listed 2% 7% 1% 9% 4% 0% 0% 13% 8% 0% 4% 4%
Not answered 13% 3% 15% 4% 8% 0% 16% 0% 8% 0% 9% 0%
• Changed from a closed to an open question.
• Many scores are lower in 2005.
• Questionnaires / surveys (49%) and focus groups (32%) are most frequently
mentioned in 2005.
• Intranet/online Informal contacts, formal student committees, and face to face
meetings are also mentioned relatively frequently.
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