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About the Researchers of Tomorrow project

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Researchers of Tomorrow: A three year (BL/JISC) study tracking the research behaviour of 'Generation Y' doctoral students

Education for Change, in collaboration with The Research Partnership, has been engaged by the British Library and the JISC to undertake a groundbreaking 3-year study on the research behaviour of the 'Generation Y' scholar.

The study is tracking young doctoral students' (those born between 1982 - 1994) information-seeking behaviour, analysing their habits in online and physical research environments and assessing their usage of library and information sources on and off line. 

On this site we share information and updates about the project. This site is managed by Education for Change. 

The study includes a survey of doctoral students of any age to provide background to the Generation Y research. Launched at the end of June 2009 with the assistance of over 70 HEIs, the survey covered all subject disciplines and will be repeated annually. 

Other activities in the Researchers of Tomorrow study include a comprehensive and ongoing literature review, annual student cohort questionnaires and workshops, and a longitudinal student tracking study.

Further details about the study are available in the documents below.
 

Documents
Download this file (Note about trackers study.pdf)Note about trackers study104 Kb14/07/09 15:33
Download this file (Note on research populations for Researchers of Tomorrow_2.pdf)Research populations for Researchers of Tomorrow95 Kb14/07/09 15:49
Download this file (Preparatory Focus Groups summary of issues.pdf)Focus Groups issues79 Kb14/07/09 15:51
Download this file (Questionnaire_wider context survey.pdf)Questionnaire for wider context survey179 Kb14/07/09 15:51
 

Newsflash

A separate interactive Moodle site for the Trackers group of researchers in the Researchers of Tomorrow Study has been launched in July 2009. Read more about it here.