health and social care marketing research report andrew corcoran 7 th november 2007
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Health and Social Care Marketing Research Report
Andrew Corcoran
7th November 2007
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See Project Initiation Document
Online questionnaire through CP@W:19th Sept-22nd Oct
79 responses received (63 were complete)
Yielded 50 contacts willing to talk with us again
18 weeks from approval to report (5.7.07-7.11.07)
Cost £1,470 (84% of budgeted cost)
Process
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Profile of Respondents
Age Location
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Profile of Respondents
Occupation Employer
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Q1: Highest education level achieved so far
73% of our audience have studied at undergraduate level
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Q2: Main motivator for doing a course
79% have CPD objectives
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Q3: Career attitudes
Our audience is moderately ambitious
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Q4: Biggest challenges to undertaking a course
More efficient learning methods are required
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Q5: When do you expect the next change in your employment/career to
take place?
Our audience expects to their role to change once every 1½ years
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Q6: When in the year would you prefer to do a course?
Courses can be programmed year-round
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Q7: When during the week would you prefer to do a course?
There is some flexibility in timetabling
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Q8: What would be your preferred length of study?
Solid demand for term-based and 1-year learning programmes
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Q9: Where would you expect the majority of the learning contact to
take place?
UW preferred as a base for a blended model
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Q10: Would you want your course to lead to a recognised academic award?
Strong demand for award-bearing programmes
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Q11: What would be next after doing your course?
Flexible course offer and qualifications structure.
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Q12: If you want to build up towards a formal academic qualification, how far
would you want to go?
Graduate audience with a strong interest in postgraduate qualifications
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Q13: If your desired course is intended to enhance your career, what is the anticipated salary increase you would expect to receive over the next
12 months?
£740 for each programme (33% of annual benefit)
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Q14: How would you best like to enquire, book and pay for the course?
Strong demand for e-commerce to augment the selling process
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Q15: Who will pay for the course?
Promotion needs to be differentiated for customer and consumer needs
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Q16: Which courses might interest you? (top 22 responses)
Strong demand for management skills to augment clinical skills (36% of total course selections)
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Q17: Which level would you like your next course to be?
Our audience is keen to progress incrementally
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Q18: Which other University and College services would you be likely
to use?
Reasonable demand for a range of non-core services
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Q19: How do you know about the University and Colleges in H&W?
Good news and personal recommendation are the best promotional tools
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Q20: Would the University and Colleges in H&W be your first choice
for career development and short course programmes?
We have a strong reputation in the sector
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Q21: What other short course providers would you be likely to use?
Employers and Professional Bodies are the key influences in the sector
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Client Profiling
Graduate audience wishing to build a post-graduate qualification from a selection of CPD modules that reflect their the needs of their job roles which are changing every 18 months
Learning should be delivered in a time- and cost-efficient manner, using a blended model and based at UW, in the form of jointly-funded programmes costing around £740 and lasting between 4 and 12 months
Courses could be offered during weekdays on a rolling basis throughout the calendar year
The University and Colleges of H&W have a strong reputation for this type of service and should augment this with strong links to professional bodies and employer’s in-house training programmes for maximum effect