Study title

Student Feedback Survey for Bachelor Graduates 2015

Dataset ID Number

FSD3135

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3135
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3135

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Universities Finland UNIFI
• CHE Consult GmbH

Abstract

Student Feedback Survey for Bachelor Graduates is a yearly study charting the respondents' experiences about university studies. The survey was nationwide and it was sent to every student in Finland who had graduated with a bachelor's degree or had completed three years of their studies in the fields of medicine or dentistry during that year. The questions deal with the studies as a whole and subjects such as study-life balance, well-being, teaching methods and time management.

The survey began with questions about working while studying and questions charting the financial situation of the respondents. The respondents were also asked about their hobbies and extracurricular activities. Next the respondents were asked about their satisfaction with their education. This was followed by questions about the support they received from their friends and family. After this the respondents were asked to evaluate their satisfaction with their friends, family and life in general. Further, the respondents were asked to evaluate their success during the first years of university and their likelihood of completing university studies.

In the next part, the respondents were asked to assess the guidance received from the university on topics such as planning of studies, health related problems, and motivation problems. The respondents were presented with statements about their studies dealing with group work, individual studying, internationality in their studies, and support and availability of information regarding their studies.

Finally the respondents were presented with a large question battery containing 72 statements about their studies. The battery included questions about mental and physical welfare, personal abilities, social activity, relationship with own university and university staff, goals, and motivation. The questionnaire included university-specific questions for some universities.

The background variables included the respondent's university, field of study, age, and gender. In addition, some universities had more detailed variables, charting, for example, the degree programme.

Keywords

academic ability; educational environment; higher education institutions; social life; students (college); tertiary education (first stage); undergraduates; well-being (health)

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Educational policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Time use (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Student Experience Surveys for Bachelor Graduates

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• CHE Consult GmbH

Time Period Covered

2015

Collection Dates

2015-01-01 – 2016-01-31

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Students in Finnish universities, who had graduated with Bachelor's degree or lower academic degree and third year students (who had began their studies in 2012) of those fields where one does not receive a Bachelor's degree (excluding National Defence University)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The universities gathered the data with a survey that was continuously open.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish and English.

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Number of Cases and Variables

252 variables and 11745 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Abbreviations of university names have been added in brackets to value labels for the variable yo (university) during data processing. Other university-specific questions can be recognised by the attached abbreviations. Questions Q26SE_1 - Q26SE_18 were created in collaboration with the Finnish Business School Graduates (Suomen Ekonomit) and they were directed at business students in the following universities: Aalto University, University of Eastern Finland, University of Jyväskylä, Lappeenranta University of Technology, University of Oulu, University of Tampere, University of Turku, University of Vaasa, Hanken School of Economics and Åbo Akademi University. Because the questionnaire for the year 2015 was not available, the attached questionnaire is from 2014. The survey has remained almost identical from one year to another.

Variables containing very detailed information on the respondents and their major subjects were removed from the data during archiving. In addition, the age variable was divided into categories and the open-ended responses to q6 as well as the responses to comment section at the end of the survey were removed.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Universities Finland UNIFI & CHE Consult GmbH: Student Feedback Survey for Bachelor Graduates 2015 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2016-12-20). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3135; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3135

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Other Material

See downloadable files at the top of the page.

Student Feedback Survey website (in Finnish)

Related Publications

Jane Kotzmann (2018) The Human Rights-Based Approach to Higher Education: Why Human Rights Norms Should Guide Higher Education Law and Policy, Oxford University Press.

Kankare, Minna (2018). Vuorovaikutus, yhteisöllisyys ja hyvinvointi yliopistoissa. Yhteenveto valtakunnallisen opiskelijapalautekysely Kandipalautteen tuloksista vuosina 2014-2016 [verkkodokumentti]. Suomen yliopistojen rehtorineuvosto UNIFI ry. www.unifi.fi/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Kandipalauteyhteenveto2018.pdf [viitattu 7.1.2019]

Kankare, Minna (2018). Kandipalaute-tulostyökalu. Suomen yliopistojen rehtorineuvosto UNIFI ry. https://unififi.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/Ed6uG7AYCJVIqJy8ULkinr0B8qNqEx55AcdE4FdQzEUInw?e=MvpacP [viitattu 7.1.2019]

Räihä, P., Mankki, V. & Samppala, K. (2019). Kirjallisen palautteen merkitys yliopisto-opiskelijalle. Yliopistopedagogiikka, 26(2).

Svedberg, R. (2020). Kan universitet påverka studenters studiemotivation? En studie om hur universitetets stöd och studenters välmående påverkar studiemotivation. Åbo Akademi.