Student sentiment directly from The Student Room community

Our Student Sentiment updates provide a snapshot of the conversations young people are having on The Student Room. From these updates, you can read students’ own accounts of their thoughts, worries and experiences.

May sentiment deck

1 May - 4 June 2023

  • Students are flocking to TSR to discuss exams with 3.4 million pageviews and 43.6k new registrations in the first two weeks of exams
  • Making friends is the biggest concern for students starting uni in September, with almost 40% listing it as their main worry
  • Students will mainly support themselves financially at university with maintenance loans, jobs and family help
  • 2024 entry prospective undergraduate students are planning to use the holidays productively though studying (70%) and spending time researching universities (64%).

Our Insight team have also recently released some exciting new results from our TSR Asks research, with topics including how students perceive changes to student finance, online learning and Year 11 approaches to university choices. You can access these summaries on our Insight Report page.

April 2023

- Improvements to climate change and cost of living dominate students’ hopes for the future
- Cost of living impacts 38% of students’ plans on where to go to university
- More than 80% of 2023 applicants had responses from three or more
universities in April

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December 2022

- Student life areas they want to be available from their uni
- Thoughts on personal statements
- Where students are at with their uni application
- Revision over Christmas

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March 2023

- Students share thoughts on using ChatGPT for their homework
- Year 12 share their extra curricular activities to support uni applications
- Top choices for university accommodation
- Past papers and mark schemes are the way most students like to revise

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November 2022

- Are students clued up on student finance
- Are virtual open days still helpful
- What support is needed from uni's ahead of applications being made
- Personal statement worries
- Year 12 and where they are at in their plans

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February 2023

- The help Y12/13 need in making uni decisions
- Understanding of student finance
- The support freshers need
- Students' thoughts on physical prospectus'
- Thoughts on UCAS new apprenticeship application service

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October 2022

- Impact of the cost of living crisis
- Year 12: thoughts on their new sixth form/college
- Year 12: did they have enough information to make FE decisions
- Year 13: have they decided on their five uni choices
- Barriers faced when accessing sexual health services and advice

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January 2023

- Perceptions of apprenticeships
- Personal statement shake-up
- Teacher strikes
- The biggest differences in unis that students are choosing
- Responses from firm and insurance choices

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September 2022

- How freshers are settling in to uni accommodation
- Students' sense of belonging
- What support is needed with UCAS applications
- What is most helpful when writing a personal statement
- How did those who used Clearing in 2022 find it
- Main worries in starting back at school/college

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August 2022

- Grade confidence to get ito firm uni
- Expectations of using Clearing
- Intentions if miss expected grades
- How results will be received
- How are they feeling about their results (post Results day)
- What support do they need to prepare for uni
- How TSR helped with their uni application

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July 2022

- What is impacting their mental health
- What are their main worries about A Level results
- What is missing from the school curriculum
- The impact of cost of living on university location
- Has society done enough to tackle issues facing LGBTQ+ people?
- Top priorities this summer
- Poetry in English lessons

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June 2022

- Grade confidence to get into firm choice
- Thoughts on difficulty of exams
- Year 12: where they are at in their university plans
- The most challenging thing about Year 13
- Does school Maths prepare people well enough for the futurey

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May 2022

- Students top worries for starting uni
- Firm and insurance decision hesitation
- Decisions: is it course or university first?
- Has advance information helped during exams
- Work experience while at school/colleges

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April 2022

- Degree apprenticeships
- What is impacting their mental health
- The biggest challenges young people hope improve by the time they're 30
- How much did your degree help your career
- Communication from uni choices
- Revision levels

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March 2022

- Connections between exams and mental health
- Revision techniques
- Y10/Y12: thoughts on advance information for exams next year
- Attendance at HE or UCAS fairs
- Attendance at offer holder or applicant days
- What help students need making uni decisions right now
- Uni accommodation: home, halls or private rentals
- Awareness of how student finance works

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