The Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) is open from Monday 8 April and will run until Thursday 13 June 2024 for eligible postgraduate students studying here at the University of Lincoln.
This is your best chance to share your feedback on your degree experience at Lincoln. It is easy to complete and only takes 10 minutes on average. By completing the survey, you will help shape the experiences of current and future postgraduate students.
If you choose to complete the survey, you can claim a free drink and sweet treat voucher from the Minerva Building Atrium between 8 April – 26 April. This is subject to a limit of 1,000 vouchers.
Keep reading for more details about the survey and why it is important, your eligibility, and the free drink and sweet treat voucher offer.
What is the PTES?
The Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) is the only UK higher education sector-wide survey run by AdvanceHE which invites postgraduate taught (PGT) students to comment on their learning and teaching experience.
What does it cover?
PTES concentrates on your course and includes:
- Teaching and learning
- Engagement
- Assessment and feedback
- Organisation and management
- Skills development
It will also include some additional questions about areas that are particularly relevant to us and to students at Lincoln.
Why does the PTES matter?
PTES matters because it makes a tangible difference to the experience students have at university. By completing the survey, you can make it clear what you have enjoyed about your experience at Lincoln and what you think could have made it better. Your feedback is incredibly important to us, and we value the time you take sharing your thoughts.
As a result of previous feedback from PTES we have been able to improve various aspects of our students’ experience.
Eligibility
To be eligible all students:
- must be studying a programme of at least 60 credits.
- must be in their final year of study (where applicable).
- must be enrolled PGT students: full-time and most part-time UK, EU, and international.
- All eligible students will receive an email on 8 April inviting them to complete the survey from the JISC Online Survey System, as well as subsequent reminders from their lecturers.
Your email will contain a personalised link through which you can access the survey.
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.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at studentvoice@lincoln.ac.uk
Claim your free drink and sweet treat voucher
If you complete the survey before Friday 26 April, you can claim your free drink and sweet treat voucher from the Minerva Building Atrium. You will need to provide a screenshot/image of your survey completion message (at the end of the survey) to claim the free drink and treat voucher. Please note, the voucher will only be available for collection from the Minerva Building Atrium between 8 April – 26 April.
Opening times: Mon to Fri: 10am-2pm. The free drink and treat voucher can only be redeemed at the catering outlets based on the Brayford Pool Campus, Lincoln: Lindons (Minerva Building) OR Theorem (Isaac Newton Building) and must be used by Thursday 13 June.