Archive for the 'Focus Groups' Category

City College Plymouth – Student Induction Afternoon

September 23rd, 2008

So today was the big one, an afternoon of inducting students from various courses at City College Plymouth.
We made a few tweaks learning from our experience yesterday with the 12 Public Services students – removed and added a few bits to the presentation and changed a few steps in the sign up process. I also [...]

Focus Group #4 Public Services Foundation Degree – (Plymouth College of Further Education)

March 19th, 2008

Today we visited a very bright and enthuastic group of students studying Public Services Foundation Degree. We had an updated presentation incorperating a lot of the changes we had taken on board from the 3 previous groups. Unlike the other groups, these students were full time which is great as now we have a good [...]

Focus Group #3 Sheltered Housing Studies (Cambourne, Cornwall)

March 13th, 2008

I am a couple of days behind this week but better late then never
On monday we travelled through hideous weather and gale force winds (avoiding swerving high-top vehicles and the odd loose hubcap) down to Camborne again for our 3rd focus group. This group was relatively small compared to the others we had [...]

Focus Group # 2 – Saltash (Cornwall College) Lean Manufacturing

February 27th, 2008

Yesterday we held our second focus group at Saltash. The group were friendly and helpful we appreciate their assistance particularly having had a long day of teaching and staying on at the end of their day to take part.
Some interesting issues were raised by members of the group. Access to the web when in [...]

Focus Group #1 – Camborne Health Studies Students

February 26th, 2008

Yesterday we held our first focus group in Camborne, Cornwall. The group of Health Studies students were a friendly bunch and by the end of the session lots of great ideas, feedback and questions were being voiced. This session, the first of six, gave us a great insight into what the students were frustrated by [...]