Other university surveys conducted at, or in collaboration with the Department for Strategy

In 2021, for the first time, a survey targeting applicants to foreign language study programmes was conducted alongside the main survey among applicants to Czech study programmes. All applicants to study programmes taught in a foreign language for the academic year 2021/2022 (i.e. Bachelor's, pregraduate and postgraduate Master's, Doctoral and Lifelong Learning) were asked to complete the questionnaire. In 2022, a second round of this survey was conducted for applicants to Bachelor's and pregraduate and postgraduate Master's programmes in the academic year 2022/2023.

The selected questions of this survey are identical to the survey for Czech degree programmes, allowing for a comparison of attitudes between the target groups.

In 2021, the pandemic situation related to the spread of the Covid-19 disease, which began in spring 2020, continued. Efforts to mitigate the extent of the pandemic were related to both restrictions on the university teaching field and restrictions faced by applicants entering MU. The Strategy Office reflected all of the measures and the emergency nature of the situation by incorporating specific questions into the institutional surveys to ensure direct feedback from students, alumni, and applicants.

The aim of the survey "Satisfaction of foreign academics and scientists with services at MU 2018" is to obtain feedback from a target group of foreign employees (excluding Slovak citizens) on selected areas related to their professional activities at MU. The survey was conducted in autumn 2018 and involved 114 foreign academics and scientists who had an active employment contract or agreement at MU in the period from 1 January 2018 to 31 July 2018.

The survey focuses on the following topic areas:

• Reasons for choosing MU
• Evaluation of employment at MU and satisfaction with care and service during their time at MU
• Awareness and availability of information, evaluation of existing information channels
• Impression about selected areas of teaching and research at MU
• Recommendations for MU as an employer and partner

The unique longitudinal survey "On the Path of Study", which has systematically mapped the study journeys of one generation of MU students since 2017, ended with the 7th wave of the project. The joint project by researchers from the Institute of Educational Sciences (IES), the Institute of Children, Youth and Families (ICYF) and the RMU Strategy Office team provided a broader insight into contemporary students. The research focused on exploring the factors and conditions that shape the personalities of today's university students, looking at strategies for progressing through higher education, what choices students make, what needs they have at different stages of their studies and what influences them in their pathways to future careers.

Survey rounds:

• 1^st round: 25 October - 22 November 2017
• 2^nd round: 15 March - 9 April 2018
• 3^rd round: 16 October - 12 November 2018
• 4^th round: 19 March - 19 April 2019
• 5^th round: 16 October - 11 November 2019
• 6^th round: 16 March - 6 April 2020
• 7^th round: 22 October - 16 November 2020

Research objectives:

• To understand the psychology of contemporary university students, their personality and social peculiarities, in relation to their current life situation, important life events, lifestyle and personal perspectives, etc.
• Understanding the factors and influences that contribute to the academic success/failure of MU students, to their strategies of study and to their professional development.

Areas of inquiry:

• Decisions and choices that an individual makes during his/her period of study
• Strategies for progression through study and how they change in the context of changing life/career plans
• Factors and conditions influencing academic success and academic failure at MU
• The need for support in coping with study at MU

Realizers:

• Institute for Research on Children, Youth and Family, Faculty of Social Studies MU
• Institute of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Arts, MU
• Strategy Office, MU Rector's Office

Contact persons for specific information about the research:

• prof. PhDr. Petr Macek, CSc., Institute of Research on Children, Youth and Family, Faculty of Social Studies MU, Joštova 10, Brno, Phone: 549 494 848, e-mail: macek@fss.muni.cz
• doc. PhDr. Petr Hlaďo, PhD., Institute of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Arts MU, Arna Novák 1, Brno, Phone: 549 493 520, e-mail: hlado@mail.muni.cz