ZZ Insight capture test

Uni Insider Insight

Part one: your experience and how you chose

For each question, tick all the answers that apply to you. Every question is optional.

1. When you were choosing your degree, what guidance did you actually get? Tick any that apply.

A school or college careers advisor

Teachers

Open days or campus visits

Prospectuses or university websites

League tables or rankings

Family

Friends

Someone already studying the course

A private tutor or advisor

I mostly worked it out myself

I had very little or no guidance

2. Before you applied, did you speak one-to-one with someone studying the course you were considering?

Yes

3. How valuable would an honest one-to-one conversation with someone studying your course have been, before you applied?

Very valuable

Quite valuable

Not very valuable

It would not have helped

4. Do you think better guidance before applying would have changed your decision?

Yes, I might have chosen differently

Maybe

No, I would have chosen the same

5. When you were choosing, what mattered most to you? Pick up to three.

Course content

Teaching reputation

Graduate job prospects

Future earning potential

The career it leads to

University reputation or ranking

City or location

Cost and finances

Campus and facilities

Placement or work experience

Close to home

Entry requirements

Social life

6. Looking back now, what actually turned out to matter most? Pick up to three.

Course content

Teaching reputation

Graduate job prospects

Future earning potential

The career it leads to

University reputation or ranking

City or location

Cost and finances

Campus and facilities

Placement or work experience

Close to home

Entry requirements

Social life

7. What nearly put you off applying, or made you doubt your choice? Tick any that apply.

I worried it would be too hard

The cost

I was not sure it would lead to a job

Doubts from family or friends

I did not know anyone who had done it

I worried I would not fit in

I was considering an apprenticeship or job instead

Nothing, I was confident

8. Anything else you would tell your younger self about choosing or starting university? Optional, in your own words.

Part two: your specific university

Separately optional. We only ever share this grouped together with other Insiders and never attributed to you. You are welcome to skip it entirely.

9. Was this university your firm first choice?

Firm choice

Insurance choice

Through Clearing or adjustment

I changed my mind

10. Knowing what you know now, would you choose the same university and course again?

Definitely

Probably

Not sure

Probably not

Definitely not

11. What does your university do well that a prospective student might not realise from the prospectus? Optional, in your own words.

12. If your university could improve one thing for students, what would it be? Tick any that apply.

Teaching or contact hours

Feedback on work

Facilities or buildings

Mental health and wellbeing support

Careers support

Accommodation

Value for money

Communication from the university

Something else

Can we quote your written answers when Already Doing It talks to schools, universities and the public? Choose the highest level you are comfortable with. If you skip this question, we will not quote you.

Yes — anonymously only

Yes — with my course and university, but not my name

Yes — with my first name, course and university

Apprenticeship Insider Insight

Part one: your experience and how you chose

For each question, tick all the answers that apply to you. Every question is optional.

1. When you were choosing your path, what guidance did you actually get? Tick any that apply.

A school or college careers advisor

Teachers

Open days or employer events

Provider or employer websites

Family

Friends

Someone already doing the apprenticeship

A private tutor or advisor

I mostly worked it out myself

I had very little or no guidance

2. Before you applied, did you speak one-to-one with someone doing the apprenticeship you were considering?

Yes

3. How valuable would an honest one-to-one conversation with someone doing your apprenticeship have been, before you applied?

Very valuable

Quite valuable

Not very valuable

It would not have helped

4. Do you think better guidance before applying would have changed your decision?

Yes, I might have chosen differently

Maybe

No, I would have chosen the same

5. When you were choosing, what mattered most to you? Pick up to three.

Earning while you learn

Avoiding student debt

The specific employer

The training and qualification

The job or role itself

Long-term career prospects

The sector or industry

Location or staying close to home

A recognised route into the job

6. Looking back now, what actually turned out to matter most? Pick up to three.

Earning while you learn

Avoiding student debt

The specific employer

The training and qualification

The job or role itself

Long-term career prospects

The sector or industry

Location or staying close to home

A recognised route into the job

7. What nearly put you off applying, or made you doubt your choice? Tick any that apply.

I worried about missing out on university or student life

I was not sure it would lead anywhere

Doubts from family or friends

I did not know anyone who had done it

I worried it was seen as second best

The pay

Nothing, I was confident

8. Anything else you would tell your younger self about choosing an apprenticeship? Optional, in your own words.

Part two: your specific apprenticeship and employer

Separately optional. We only ever share this grouped together with other Insiders and never attributed to you. You are welcome to skip it entirely.

9. Knowing what you know now, would you choose the same apprenticeship and employer again?

Definitely

Probably

Not sure

Probably not

Definitely not

10. What does your employer or provider do well that a young person would not realise from the outside? Optional, in your own words.

11. If your employer or provider could improve one thing for apprentices, what would it be? Tick any that apply.

The quality of the training

Support from the employer

The mentoring

Day-release or college time

Pay

Workload

Progression and where it leads

Communication

Something else

Yes — anonymously only

Yes — with my apprenticeship and employer, but not my name

Yes — with my first name, apprenticeship and employer

Part one: your experience and how you chose

Part two: your specific university

Part one: your experience and how you chose

Part two: your specific apprenticeship and employer

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