Postgraduate Research Experience Survey

About the project

• SUPPORTING RESEARCH STUDENTS
• Research with us Our research degrees Funding your degree How to apply Talk to an academic supervisor Writing a research proposal Research Facilities
• Our research degrees
• Funding your degree
• How to apply
• Talk to an academic supervisor
• Writing a research proposal
• Research Facilities
• Students New Students Research student support Handbooks, regulations and policies Important information International students Student Admin Manager (SAM) Training and Development Wellbeing and support
• New Students
• Research student support
• Handbooks, regulations and policies
• Important information
• International students
• Student Admin Manager (SAM)
• Training and Development
• Wellbeing and support
• Studentships School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing Carnegie School of Education Carnegie School of Sport Leeds Business School Leeds Law School Leeds School of Arts School of Health School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing
• Carnegie School of Education
• Carnegie School of Sport
• Leeds Business School
• Leeds Law School
• Leeds School of Arts
• School of Health
• School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Supervision
• Community Postgraduate Research Experience Survey
• Postgraduate Research Experience Survey
• External examiners

The Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) helps us understand the experiences of our doctoral and research masters students at Leeds Beckett and how we can continue to enhance the support, culture and community around them.

In 2025, 330 postgraduate researchers took part in the survey, giving a response rate of 55 per cent. Overall satisfaction rose to 83.6 per cent, with consistently strong feedback on supervision, research skills and access to resources. The findings also show that while support has improved, building a stronger sense of community and research culture remains a key priority.

We are already acting on what you told us. Over the past year, we've introduced new writing retreats, expanded our development programme, and created more opportunities for PGRs to connect through events and online communities. These actions form part of our ongoing commitment to improving the postgraduate research experience across the university.

PRES is run in partnership with Advance HE and Jisc and will take place in 2027.

Please read more about the 2025 findings and how we're responding.

Contact your school research student administration team

• Leeds School of Arts: LSAResearchStudentAdmin@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
• School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing: BEC-PGR@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
• Leeds Business School: LBSResearchAdmin@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
• Carnegie School of Education: education@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
• School of Health: SOH-PGRStudents@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
• School of Humanities and Social Sciences: SHSResearchAdmin@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
• Leeds Law School: Law-PGR@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
• Carnegie School of Sport: CSS-PGR@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Research areas