1. Evaluations were collected from 157 PGCE/Cert Ed students about the University of Bedfordshire Year 2 Study Day on November 12, 2011. 2. Based on the evaluations, most students found the topics covered during the day to be relevant to their work. Frank Coffield's keynote session was viewed as very stimulating by most attendees. 3. The question time session following Coffield's talk was also viewed positively, though some felt it could have been chaired more actively or allowed for more questions. Group work in the afternoon was found to be quite or very useful by most students.

1. Evaluations from first
Year 2 Study Day
PGCE/Cert Ed (PCE)
University of Bedfordshire
12 November 2011

2. Notes
• All figures based on 157 returns: if figures don’t add up
it is because not everyone answered everything.
• Spreadsheet available on request. Permits breakdown
by Centre and discipline (but with gaps)

3. 1: Were you prepared for the
work of the Study Day?
No answer
1%
No
15% Well
42%
A little
42%

4. 2: Was the topic for the day
relevant to your work?
No
No answer
A little 2%
1%
14%
Very
47%
Quite
36%

5. 3: Was Frank Coffield’s session
stimulating?
A little No
5% No answer
0% 3%
Quite
24%
Very
68%

6. 10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
0.0%
Work well for
communication in a large
group?
Restrict discussion too much?
Leave some people out?
exercise;
(select all that apply)
Break up the session too
much?
4: Did the “question time”

7. Write-in Comments on Keynote and questions
(broadly grouped)
•Awesome!
•Extremely stimulating!
•Very thought provoking
•Excellent
•Coffield fantastic. •Question-time needed more active chair.
•too political and not relevant •Question time should have been chaired
•irrelevant more actively
•party political style made me switch off •Discussion too short
•Quite left wing •Excellent! But so many more questions to
•Get beyond college institutions and look ask!
wider •Not enough time for questions
•Discussion was informed and excellent
•Question time better than the talk •Very thought-provoking
•Didn't use written questions •Why doesn't Frank start a group to promote
•Should have concentrated on written his ideas as a collective?
questions (2) •Not sure what "topic for the day" was
•Question time worked better when he
ditched the cards
•Good idea to have written questions--but
he didn't use them!
•Some used Question Time as a Soap Box
•only one microphone

8. 5: In relation to the lunch
break...
45.0%
40.0%
35.0%
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
Keep it as Allow for Have more No answer
short as networking elective
possible workshops

9. 6: Was the briefing for the work
of the groups
No answer Too
Too detailed?
vague? 3%
1%
24%
About
right?
72%

10. 7: How do you rate the work you
did in your group?
Not at all
useful No answer
15% 2%
Very
useful
36%
Quite
useful
47%

11. Write-in comments on Interest Groups
(broadly grouped)
• Groups not subject-specific enough
• Interest Groups lack focus; not remotely • Too many people think their opinion is the
useful only one which matters!
• Too much ranting!
• related to outcomes this time • Facilitator very vague
• It will help for Unit 7 • Each group needs its own tutor (not
• Far more useful than previously. Use for shared)
Unit 7 • Tutor v. motivated, and got the group
• Much better than previously; more engaged
structured
• Not fair those who went home will use
• interesting discussion our work
• Good discussion • Afternoon too long
• Good networking opportunity
• Didn't get group briefing • I'd rather be driving home
• Brief should allow flexibility
• Briefing all incomprehensible jargon
• Good notes on BREO

12. Other write-ins
• Would have liked to buy hot food • Turnitin session useful
• No biscuits at break. • Do Turnitin in colleges--smaller
• Lunch too long group
• Lunch too short for networking • Turnitin workshop unsatisfactory
• Lunch the most important part of • Morning sessions could be done
the day (for networking) online
• Lunchbreak was fine
• Lunchbreak now fine • Great improvement on last
• Good to use library in lunch break year, thank you!
• Do these evaluations serve any
purpose?