Eurostudent III: Ireland 2006-2007

The third wave of the Irish Eurostudent survey was conducted by the research team at the UCD Geary Institute, in conjunction with the Higher Education Authority and the RAND Corporation (Santa Monica): during winter 2006 and spring 2007. The target of the survey was the student population in 35 Irish higher education institutions (at both undergraduate and postgraduate level), with 31 institutions taking part. The third wave of the Irish Eurostudent used an internet approach involving a web-survey and the distribution of institutional email messages to students. Previous surveys were based on the distribution of postal questionnaires to a preselected sample of students. The response rate achieved in Eurostudent III was 8%; representing 13,342 students. Although the response rate for Eurostudent III was low, the total number of responses exceeded that of the previous two surveys.