Thank you to everyone who completed the survey!

• Warwick was one of 105 institutions involved in the survey.
• Sector response rate was 30.2%
• The response rate at Warwick was 46% just slightly under the 47% in 2021
• "Overall, I am satisfied with the experience of my research degree programme”: 83% agree compared to 80% in 2021.
• Overall satisfaction by Faculty: Arts 84%, SEM 82%, Social Sciences 79%

Summary of Results

An overview of how Warwick performed in the core themes which PRES looks at:

• supervision
• resources
• research culture
• community
• progression
• responsibilities
• support
• research skills
• professional development

Thematic Highlights

More detailed results for the PRES core themes. These pages will continue to be updated as actions are taken to address areas of concern.

Academic departments have received their results and have been asked to share them with their PGRs. They have also been asked to comment on their strengths and weaknesses as part of the Biennial PGR Review process.

Other sources of PGR insight will be analysed as well, with efforts focusing on Supervision, Community and Research Skills in line with the PGR strategy.

Changes as a result of PRES

In addition to improvements made by academic departments, the Doctoral College has taken a number of steps following feedback from PRES:

Supervisor training and support A programme of seminars has been developed to improve supervision

SSLC meetings with the Academic Director of the Doctoral College and members of the Doctoral College team. SSLC reps are able to share their views and solutions to issues facing Warwick researchers
Networking Fund PGRs can apply for funds from the Doctoral College; to educate, stimulate or support (even to meet to have a laugh or do something creative together); to challenge.

Festival of Postgraduate Research an annual event to help PGRs make connections outside of their department and to celebrate their outstanding research.

Upcoming

Doctoral Values project In collaboration with our PGR community we will develop a set of Doctoral Values that underpin our work.

Postgraduate Research Experience Feedback (PREF) This year, we want to understand our PGRs' experience of two fundamental aspects of their research degree experience: supervision, and training/development. We will use their feedback to inform work on our PGR training provision as well as ongoing work on developing and supporting our supervisors.

PGR training review We will launch a comprehensive review of and revise the training and development provision for PGRs across the University.

Useful Links

• Find out more about PRES on the AdvanceHE website
• Read the AdvanceHE report on the results of PRES 2023