Questions asked in our interviews and vox pops

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1. Do you think that the increase in university fees has affected the progress

of current ‘A level’ students and other people looking to go to university?

Why we asked this question..

We asked this particular question as we wanted to get information regarding the impact on students in particular but also get a broader insight as to how it was affecting all people looking at the prospect of university. Also within our vox pops this question highlighted the level of knowledge that the average person had on the topic and in some cases showed how times have evolved, particularly from more mature interviewee’s answers. For example from statements like ‘in my day’ and ‘when I went to university’. This all gave us a wider spectrum of feedback and research which improved the quality of the content within our documentary.

2. What do you think about the decision to increase the university fees? Do you

think it’s fair?

Why we asked this question..

This question took a more broad approach looking at the overall topic, trying to get different people’s opinions on the matter. We also asked this question in order to try and provoke contrasting ideas so that we could represent both sides of the argument within our documentary and identify any correlations or patterns within our feedback.

3. If you could improve the situation in one way, what would you do?

Why we asked this question..

We integrated this question to try and make sure that we were not focussing on the negatives. This also enabled us to find out not only if people thought that the situation could be improved but in what ways specifically and how they would go about doing this.

4. What alternatives do you feel possible university students have?

Why we asked this question..

This question made us consider other factors that were associated to our chosen topic and raised the issue that people could still get on perfectly well in life without a degree. We felt that this could strengthen our documentary by making it more rounded and allowed us to develop points made by people in more detail.

5. Do you feel that university is still the best route into employment?

Why we asked this question..

This linked nicely to the previous question and allowed us to get different opinions on whether a degree is an essential when applying for good jobs. Consequently, getting all sorts of feedback that we could then integrate into our documentary.

6. What benefits can be drawn from the current university fees?

Why we asked this question..

This question took a positive approach. We did this to try and make sure that we could portray both sides of the argument to a certain extent within our documentary.