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International Postgraduate Students Mirror

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Research studies from the student perspective


The International Postgraduate Students Mirror is a survey conducted in Catalonia, Finland, Ireland and Sweden. It attempts to shed light on research studies from the perspective of the postgraduate students. The survey has been conducted using questionnaires that were answered during 2005 by 1,001 postgraduate students in Catalonia, 3,826 in Finland and 1,390 in Ireland. In Sweden 7,074 postgraduate students responded to the questionnaire in 2002 (Doktorandspegeln 2003).

A pilot study


The Swedish Survey has been used as the Master Survey. As this is the first time a survey of this kind is conducted in the participating countries/region, the International Postgraduate Students Mirror could be seen as a pilot study in the sense that procedures and instruments have been developed together to reach out to postgraduate students in different educational systems, adjusting them to each country´s context and constraints.

Different educational systems


There are both similarities and differences between the educational systems of the different countries. There are binary higher education systems in Catalonia, Finland and Ireland while in Sweden there is a unitary higher education sector including academic, professional and vocational programmes. However, both the length and structure of the various educational approaches are comparable. Where postgraduate education is concerned the similarities are greater than the differences.

Results can be used for improvement


This International Postgraduate Students Mirror highlights Postgraduate Education in four countries from the student point of view. The investigation raises important questions about how the results can be used for improvement of postgraduate education in different countries. In many cases the answers can only be reached by profound discussions within and among the universities. But it is essential that this discussion be followed by measures for improvement.

Contact persons


Gunilla Jacobsson, project manager, tfn +46 8 563 086 16 Per Gillström, tfn + 46 8 563 085 16
Senast uppdaterad: 2010-01-19
Kontaktperson: Gunilla Jacobsson, e-post enligt fornamn.efternamn@hsv.se
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