Surveys

Suirbhé Náisiúnta na Macléinn 2025

PGR National Student Survey 2025

The 2025 PGR Survey at University of Galway was from 11th February to 4th March, 2025.

Many thanks to all those who participated: we achieved a survey uptake of 59%, the highest nationally.

Prizes were won by:

Kingfisher membership : Shauna Diffley

€100 HEA voucher : Saoirse Lally

€50 SU voucher : John Brady

€50 SU voucher : Dost Muhammad

€50 SU voucher : Michelle Mitchell

€20 HEA voucher : Wendy Delpont

€20 HEA voucher : Eileen Kennedy

€20 HEA voucher : Amy Duclaux

€20 HEA voucher : AiswaryaSilby

€20 HEA voucher : Amy Spain Butler

€20 HEA voucher : Xiaojian Zheng

€20 HEA voucher : Solomon Beer

€20 HEA voucher : Anam Usmani

€20 HEA voucher : Alice Selby

€20 HEA voucher : Kathy Dillon

€20 HEA voucher : Iqra Nosheen

The University will receive the aggregated, anonymous, survey results in the summer. These results will be distributed to Colleges, presented at Graduate Studies Board and then used to develop University and school level actions. Key findings, and actions, will be published on this page before the end of 2025.

Key findings from previous survey (2023) are available here

How we acted on your feedback from PGR 2023 survey:

You said……………..           

That University of Galway needs to improve on feedback to postgraduate research degree students. (2023 survey)

What we did……………….

University of Galway collaborated with Vice-Deans of Graduate Studies to expand Orientation and College-led inductions as well as the Postgraduate Research seminars and workshops, supported by the Researcher Development Centre (RDC).  It is the responsibility of researchers to develop a Personal Development Plan.   

PhD researcher attendance at RDC events in the academic year 23/24 rose to 1023 achievements for in person and on-line events.  Anonymous feedback is gathered post all RDC events to ensure training is tailored to suit the needs of Ph.D. researchers and suggestions for improvements for future events is acted upon.  97% of attendees reported satisfaction with events, including recommending to their peers.

University of Galway also acted on feedback from postgraduate researchers in relation to undertaking teaching support.  The University now provides payment to postgraduate researchers who undertake teaching support, through a revised Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) policy whilst removing a requirement for unpaid contribution to teaching from University of Galway Guidelines for Research Degree Programmes.  A GTA oversight group of the PGR representatives on Graduate Studies Board, HR and the Dean of Graduate Studies meets regularly to discuss GTA issues.

Individual School Action Plans are developed and updated continuously. The action plans are below:

                                                                                                    School Action Plans

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