Useful resources - How students think, feel and behave

Youth marketing is what we know. We’re always sharing new data, trends and reports we learn from our student community. Use these resources to gain insights into the youth market and apply the learnings to your organisation’s marketing approach.

Navigating Changing Options: Are Year 11s thinking
about their future careers?

Results from quantitative online survey to Year 11 students in the UK, aged 16+ (March 2023)

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Are Year 11s thinking
about university and what
information do they need?

Results from quantitative online survey to Year 11 students in the UK, aged 16+ (April 2023)

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How prospective 2023 and 2024 undergraduates feel about changes to Student Finance arrangements

Results from TSR Asks monthly omnibus survey of prospective
2023 and 2024 entry undergraduates (February 2023)

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How prospective 2023 and 2024 undergraduates feel about online learning?

Results from TSR Asks monthly omnibus survey of prospective
2023 and 2024 entry undergraduates (February 2023)

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How do students feel post application and what support can universities offer?

Results from TSR Asks monthly omnibus survey of prospective
2023 entry undergraduates (February 2023)

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How environmental
sustainability influences the
uni choices of prospective
undergraduates

Results from TSR Asks monthly omnibus survey of prospective
2023 and 2024 entry undergraduates (November 2022)

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How do young people feel about apprenticeships?

A TSR Asks monthly omnibus survey of community members, aged 16+ - January 2023

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Navigating Changing Options: The experiences of current students

Wave 9 - Fieldwork October 2022

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What students purchased for university autumn term and where they looked for advice

Results from questions asked in our Big Autumn survey to members of the TSR community currently studying at a university/HE college - October 2022

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How prospective undergraduates feel about personal statements

A December 2022 survey on 2023 and 2024 entry prospective undergraduates to find out how they feel about the personal statement process.

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Navigating Changing Options: The experiences of Year 11 students

Wave 8 - Fieldwork July 2022

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Navigating Changing Options: The experiences of current students

Wave 8 - Fieldwork July 2022

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How prospective undergraduates feel about the cost of living

A September 2022 survey on 2023 and 2024 entry prospective undergraduates to discover what impact the cost of living crisis is having on student recruitment.

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Student Spending Trends

Understand Gen Z consumer behaviour. We surveyed 1228 students in March and April 2022 to find out about their shopping habits, planned purchases and brand preferences.

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Navigating Changing Options Surveys

Navigating Changing Options is a regular temperature check, exploring the needs of young people considering or currently undertaking higher education. A follow-up to The Student Room’s successful annual Options reports, this research was initially developed in response to the first Covid-19 lockdown.

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Archived reports

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Dealbreakers for Undergraduates

We added questions to TSR Asks to find out what would put 2022 and 2023 entry undergraduates off your university. October 2021 research.

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What matters to University Applicants?

We asked prospective 2022 and 2023 undergraduates what is most important to them when choosing their course or university.

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