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.
 Research populations for Researchers of Tomorrow | 95 Kb | 14/07/09 15:49 |
| Focus Groups issues | 79 Kb | 14/07/09 15:51 |
| Questionnaire for wider context survey | 179 Kb | 14/07/09 15:51 |
 Presentation to 'Supporting Researchers'_Aslib_2010 | 768 Kb | 01/06/10 14:03 |
 Gen Y cohort description | 29 Kb | 26/07/10 14:43 |
