Researchers of Tomorrow: A three year study tracking the research behaviour of 'Generation Y' doctoral students

About the research

This annual report of the first year of the three‐year Researchers of Tomorrow study is based upon quantitative and qualitative data gathered between July 2009 and February 2010.

The Researchers of Tomorrow study focuses on evidence‐gathering from three groups of doctoral students in the UK:

  • a cohort of 60 Generation Y doctoral students from 36 UK HEIs recruited into the project’s 2½ year qualitative longitudinal study;
  • responses to a national context‐setting survey returned by over 2000 Generation Y doctoral students;
  • responses to the same national context‐setting survey
Publication Date: 
2010