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All insights18 December 2024

Understanding the knowledge gap: public perceptions of UK universities

Written byElinor Gray
TopicEducation and social policy

A new report by Public First, funded by the All-Party Parliamentary University Group, examines public attitudes to universities and higher education and their role in helping the UK meet its current and future challenges.

This report summarises opinion research undertaken by Public First. Public First ran a nationally-representative poll with a sample of 4,034 people between 20th November 2024 and 26th November 2024. For all tables, unless otherwise stated, the base is the full UK nationally representative sample.

All results are weighted using Iterative Proportional Fitting, or 'Raking'. The results are weighted by interlocking age and gender, region and social grade to Nationally Representative Proportions. The full tables can be found on Public First’s website here. Public First is a member of the BPC and abides by its rules.

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