I met with my colleague Wande Awoniyi to discuss my survey planning. Wande delivers Unit 8, which focuses on Professional Development and runs alongside Unit 7.
Last year FC students gave feedback that the Industry speakers/ focus was not tailored enough towards Fashion Communication pathways. She was keen to see how this research might also inform her work in Unit 8.
It was very helpful to hear her experience conducting surveys, and advise on how I might structure types of questions, she made some helpful suggestions:
“Keep the survey very functional and to the point. And easy to access and use and easy for you to collect because the data from it will be so easy for you to collect and then analyse.”
“You could start very literally and very clearly, so that the questions are very easy to answer.
So the ones that we had that started it all off was like just tell us what, what your career interests are.”
“Microsoft Forms is good, if you want to have open-ended questions where they can actually type in their own answers, you can have that on there as well.”
I used this to inform a draft of my survey questions so far:
- Have you ever been to a guest talk at CSM where you wanted to participate but couldn’t? Yes/ No
- What things hold you back from asking a question to a speaker? Tick as many as you feel apply
- Lack of confidence
- Shyness
- Not enough space being opened up for conversation
- Can’t think of a question
- Prefer to listen and take it in
- Not being asked
- Lack of interest in the guest
- What Industry fields/jobs roles within the field of FCP would you like more connection to through talks? 1 for highest / 5 for lowest – IS THIS QUANTITATIVE? /LISTING/RANKING
- Art Direction
- Photography
- Events and Production
- Digital Practice
- PR
- Magazines
- Brand
- Casting
- What would you like to know more about from the speakers?
- What kind of jobs they do
- How long it took to get where they are
- How much money they earn
- What skills they had to learn
- How to network
- Experience
- How to collaborate
- Would you be interested in getting involved in a student centred talks programme as part of Unit 7? Yes / No
- Do you prefer workshops or talks as a way of engaging with an industry Guest? workshop/ talk
- Do you have experience attending talks / panels outside of CSM? Yes / No
- In your opinion, what makes for an engaging industry talk?