Respondents categorised by gender

Categories: Male, female, undeclared

For the purposes of StudentSurvey.ie, gender is coded as male, female, prefer not to say, or gender non-binary. Due to the relatively very low numbers in the latter two categories compared to the large number in the former two categories, they are grouped into one category named ‘Undeclared’.

As the number of respondents in this category in 2023 made up less than 1% of the total, it is inadvisable to include them in the following statistical analyses and the very small number of respondents are therefore excluded from this section of analyses.

However, it remains beneficial to capture these responses in the survey to enable collation of data over multiple fieldwork periods and potential future analysis.

Significant differences between Males and Females are observed across all four questions within Research Infrastructure.

For example 68.6% of Females found there is adequate provision of computing resources / facilities, compared to 73.1% of Males.

Males report a more positive experience with Supervision than Females, with 73.9% of Females agreeing their supervisor(s) help them to identify training and development needs as researchers, compared to 78.9% of Males.

A higher proportion of Males indicate that that they have taught or demonstrated at their institution during their research degree programme (64.8% Females; 69.0% Males).

No significant differences in Transferable Skills are observed between Males and Females.

Also no significant differences across four out of five questions on Responsibilities are observed. Nonetheless, 35.3% of Females indicate that they are aware of the various student supports available, compared to only 28.0% of Males.