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The purpose of this study was to investigate postgraduate students' evaluations of the provision made for their studies in their universities.

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Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Whether studentship was taken up immediately following first degree, if not how many years elapsed before returning to full time study, details of any intermediate courses, whether would have preferred larger or smaller department in terms of number of faculties/students, which journals in field regularly read, whether postgraduate work has resulted in any publications or papers (details), assessment of quality and rank order of importance of several components of postgraduate training (e.g. lectures, computer/laboratory/library facilities, departmental/contacts), extent to which course has supplied competence in research techniques/ understanding of relevant theory/basis for making judgments about what is important in field/sense of intellectual excitement, whether satisfied with choice of topic/interest, if not - what action would like to take (e.g. change topic/discipline), whether would like/expects to carry out research in next post, type of employment anticipated, degree of relevance of training to expected job. Background Variables Age, sex, marital status, number of years received SSRC grant, place and title of first degree, title of degree course, results (if known), method of examination, thesis/dissertation title.

No sampling (total universe)

Postal survey