We conducted a small pilot study asking 20 university students questions about rising university fees in order to get insights from different social groups. The questions gauged students' knowledge of fee changes, how it affected their decision to attend university, and the perceived impact on their lives. It also asked if the fee rise caused pressure and influenced staying closer to home. The final question asked for opinions on if increased fees are fair. Analyzing the results identified patterns and correlations to highlight the majority opinion and inform further interviews.

1. We did a small pilot
study asking twenty
people. We asked a
wide range of
students in order to
get useful
information from
various social
groups and get a
true insight into their
opinions on the
matter of university
fees.

2. 1. How much do you know about
the change in university fees?
This question was used in order to
get a rough idea as to how
many people had knowledge on
the topic and how much they
knew on average.
2. Has the rise in university fees
affected your decision to go to
university?
3. How much of an impact do
you think tuition fees will have on
your life?
4. Has the rise in university fees
put pressure on you?
5. With the rise of university fees
do you feel you must stay closer
to home?
7. Do you think the decision of These questions were aimed at
increasing the university fees is students, the purpose being to
fair? highlight how the rise is affecting
This question was to get a final them.
decision from the participant 6. Do you know anyone who has
and gave us an opportunity to been affected by the new
collate our results in order to university fees?
find out what the majority think This was to gain a broader
picture of the topic and try to
get an idea of how this is
affecting large amounts of
people.

3. Overall the results
we got from
carrying out this
questionnaire
enabled us to
identify patterns
and correlations
and highlighted the
majority’s opinion.
This allowed us to
write a script
effectively and find
out what questions
needed to be asked
during interviews
with professionals,
teachers and vox
pops etc.