Postgraduate Research Experience Survey: PRES

PRES 2025

The Postgraduate Research Experience Survey 2025 will run on 17 March - 09 May 2025.

What does it ask about?

The survey focuses on students’ experiences of:

• supervision
• resources
• research community
• progress and assessment
• skills and professional development
• wellbeing
• overall experience

It also considers students’ motivations for taking their programme.

Who is eligible to take part?

Any research student on a doctoral or research master’s course.

How do students take part?

The survey must be completed online, using PCs or mobile devices.

Eligible students will receive an email with a personalised link to complete the survey. The survey can also be accessed via a link/QR code, in which case participants are required to sign in to complete the survey.

What happens to the responses?

Student responses are anonymised and are collected by Advance HE. All the responses are aggregated to produce an overall national report, published on the Advanced HE website. The responses from students at each participating university are aggregated into a confidential report for that institution. 

The quantitative results are discussed at relevant Boards of Studies and Student-Staff Committees. Academic Units respond to feedback with action plans, identifying any agreed actions, timescales for implementation, and who is responsible for each action.

Why should students take part?

Please share with your students:

Attention postgraduate research students! By completing the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES), you can win amazing prizes while sharing valuable feedback. Up for grabs are three hundred £5 coffee/cake vouchers, forty £10 Co-op vouchers, and 10 University hoodies. Don’t miss out on your chance to win these fantastic rewards. Take part today and make your voice count!