Doctoral students are eligible to complete PRES if they:

• did not enrol in January of the same year that PRES is running
• are not in their first year of part-time study
• are not studying a professional doctorate

You can see who is eligible by downloading the target population from the PRES Student Data Wiki page.

PRES will next run in 2025.

You can see the questions asked in PRES 2023. They include:

• supervision
• resources
• research culture and community
• progress and assessment
• responsibilities
• support
• research skills
• professional development
• two free-text comment questions

Constructive feedback

Students appreciate it when you provide detailed, useful and constructive feedback on their assessments to help them improve their marks next time. Similarly, receiving this type of feedback from students will help you better understand what changes could be made to improve your course. Characteristics of constructive student feedback include:

• honest
• specific
• respectful
• solution-focused
• includes the good and the bad
• how to do better next time

Students' comments must be in line with the University's Dignity & Respect Policy and Procedure. We encourage you to report offensive or discriminatory comments to your Head of Department and the Student Engagement Team by emailing studentengagement@bath.ac.uk

When PRES is open, please direct your students to the survey link or show them the QR code, which can be found on the PRES Student Data Wiki page. They will also receive emails from pres@bath.ac.uk

To access the survey, students will need to enter login credentials. These are:

• their University username (without @bath.ac.uk) as the Respondent ID
• their 9-digit student number, which can be found on their library card and SAMIS profile, as the Password

PRES will next run in 2025.

The University's target PRES response rate for full-time students is 50%. Having a higher response rate means the results are more representative of your cohort and you can more confidently make decisions about if, and how, you make changes to enhance the student experience.

The University has best practice guidance and promotional resources to help you promote PRES to your students.

Highlight to students that they could win £250 cash if they enter the prize draw by the survey closing date.

You can view PRES results for the University and the rest of the sector by downloading data from the PRES Student Data Wiki page. You can also read the PRES 2023 results press release.

Responses are confidential to the Student Engagement Team but are anonymised before being released to the wider university. The anonymised responses will be discussed and used in Staff / Student Liaison Committees (SSLCs), departmental action plans and committee meetings.

Think about how to close the feedback loop with your students next academic year. This could involve:

• telling incoming students about changes that were made as a result of the PRES 2023 feedback
• familiarising Academic Reps with the data in the first SSLC of the academic year
• checking in with students about how their experience is going and if any quick fixes could be made

Read about how the Doctoral College has used feedback from PRES 2023 to shape the current research experience.