Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES)

Postgraduate Research Experience Survey
Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) is designed to collect feedback from postgraduate research students on different programmes (PhD, MPhil, Prof Doc) and at different higher education institutions in the UK.
The 2025 PRES ran from Wednesday, 5 March 2025, until Wednesday, 16 April 2025.
There were prizes for early respondents: the first 50 students who completed the survey received £10 vouchers. All students who submitted a response were entered into a prize draw, with four students selected at random to win a £50 voucher, along with graduation packages for those graduating in 2024/25.
FAQs
When does it start?
2025 PRES launched on Wednesday 5 March 2025 and closed on Wednesday 16 April 2025.
What happens to the results?
Your feedback is important. We use the findings to improve the learning experience and environment for current and future students.
As a result of feedback last year, we:
- increased the frequency of our in-person postgraduate research coffee mornings and lunchtime talks, with an exciting and varied programme,
- improved our postgraduate research training programme and supported specialist training provision by our Research Centres, including in-depth sessions on research writing and social science methods,
- created an online one-stop shop of Library Resources for Research and Doctoral Students, including much awaited 'Request It!' service for articles, chapters and books available outside of London Met library,
- developed our plans for this year's Student and Staff Research Conference to increase opportunities for networking and interaction between students and staff.
We listen to, learn from and act on student feedback and value the time you take to provide it.
Is it anonymous?
Your survey response is confidential to the team processing the results, and no reporting outside of this team will identify any individual. Any results communicated to teaching staff will be anonymised.
The survey asks that any comments you make should not identify yourself or any specific members of staff.
Where can I find out more?
If you are unsure about anything to do with the survey, please speak to your supervisors or email the Research and Postgraduate Office Team.
You can also visit Advance HE for more details.
How well did London Met do in 2024 PRES?
Over 82% of students who completed PRES said that they were satisfied with their experience of doing a research degree programme, which is slightly above the sector's average.