This HEPI blog was authored by Isabelle Bristow, Managing Director UK and Europe at Studiosity, a HEPI Partner. Studiosity is a learning technology company, working with 100+ universities globally, serving 1.8 million university students across the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the Middle East.
In order to better understand and discuss the motivations, emotions, and demands of university students, Studiosity has run Student Wellbeing Surveys with UK university students since 2019. In November 2023, we commissioned YouGov to conduct a global wave of this research, with 10,189 students surveyed across the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Focusing specifically on UK students 2,422 were included in the survey, with 149 higher education institutions represented. On the quantitative and qualitative findings on students’ attitudes towards artificial intelligence (AI):
- Most students responding to the survey are 18-25 (54%), 69% are undergraduate, and 58% of all respondents are female across all age groups, consistent with the national average.
- Amongst international students, the gender is more evenly split, 49% male to 49% female. In this survey, 3% of students self-reported being non-binary, transgender or other; this number was halved for international students.
- The students are majority domestic (89%), and 41% of students are studying on campus only, 18% are carers – people who provide unpaid care or other support to family members and friends at the same time as study.
