World-first graduate survey launches at Massey

The Graduate Longitudinal Study New Zealand, a large-scale survey designed to determine the ongoing impact of a university education on New Zealand graduates’ lives, is being launched at Massey next week.

Commissioned by Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara, with funding from the Government, the study involves surveying 14,000 final-year students across New Zealand about their lifestyles, employment, projected career development, and their health and wellbeing. The survey is being undertaken at each university at slightly different times, to account for semester breaks, exams and other activities. Massey is the fifth of the eight universities to launch the study.

The survey targets final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students and those that participate in this initial survey will be re-approached for follow-up surveys in two, five and 10 years’ time.

While similar studies have been undertaken overseas, the New Zealand survey is the most comprehensive.

Results of the initial baseline survey will be released in February next year.

For further information: www.glsnz.org.nz