Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey

The Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey or PTES is a national survey of postgraduate taught students.  The  survey is run by AdvanceHE on behalf of many UK universities.

By taking part in the survey, your feedback can lead to enhancements in your learning and teaching experience.

Who is eligible?

Students must be studying a course of at least 60 credits at postgraduate level that is mainly taught; we expect these to be Masters, PGCE, PGDip and PGCert courses.

Postgraduate taught students who have started their studies in September/October 2022 will be eligible for PTES 2023. Students who started in January 2023 will be eligible to participate in PTES 2024.

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.

What does it cover?

The Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey focuses on your course and covers the following:

• Teaching and Learning
• Engagement
• Community
• Assessment and feedback
• Dissertation or major project
• Organisation and management
• Resources
• Support
• Skills development
• Overall satisfaction

The survey takes around 10 minutes to complete.

What happens to the results?

Your feedback is important. At Middlesex University we work closely with the Students’ Union to ensure our students can make their voices heard. Your feedback helps us to identify what is working well and any enhancements that can be made to the student experience.

You can find more details of changes made as a result of student feedback on the Your Impact page.

Last year Middlesex University opted to take part in the Office for Students Postgraduate Pilot Survey, and so did not participate in PTES, however, you can also check out the results of the 2021 PTES survey here.

In previous years, students' feedback has led to improvements including:

• Timetabling improvements - Students can now see their full timetable for the whole academic year to help students plan any travel, childcare or working arrangements around their studies.
• The Living Costs Fund has been made available for all enrolled students throughout the academic year, and is designed to provide a safety net to help students continue to study whilst adjusting to higher living costs. Students are given money or vouchers that will help to purchase food, toiletries or pay part of a bill/rent.
• Mental Wellbeing Support – we have developed a wide range of support including online guidance and apps to maintain your wellbeing; as well as counselling and mental health appointments and workshops; and  support for those with disabilities or dyslexia