Overall satisfaction rises slightly from 79% to 80%, stemming the small but consistent fall over the past three years. Satisfaction rates are higher and have increased in 2022 among non-UK nationals while satisfaction for UK domiciled postgraduate research students has fallen slightly. Postgraduate researchers with a declared disability experience significantly lower – and declining – levels of satisfaction. Postgraduate research students’ overall satisfaction has risen slightly from 79% to 80% in 2022, stemming the tide of a small but consistent fall over the past three years, according to the largest annual survey of the postgraduate research experience.