BSc
	Graduate Diploma
	MSc (taught)
	MSc (research)
	PhD
	Other:

	in full-time employment
	self-employed
	in part-time employment
	working as a contractor
	unemployed – job hunting
	retired
	not available for employment
	in full-time education
	Other:

	in the ICT (Information Communciations Technology) Industry
	in the Software Industry
	in Academia
	in Research and Development
	in own company
	in Healthcare
	in Finance
	in the Public Sector
	Other:

	None at all – it was very easy
	A slight challenge but no real problems
	Quite challenging
	Very difficult

	Less than a month
	A month
	Less than 3 months
	More than 3 months, less than 6 months
	More than 6 months
	Other:

	junior executive/ trainee level
	executive/officer/engineer (non-managerial role)
	manager/managerial/team leader role
	director/founder/chairperson/CIO/CTO/CEO
	Other:

	Very
	Quite
	Not very
	Not at all

	€20,000 – 30,000
	€30,000 – 40,000
	€40,000 - 50,000
	€50,000 - 75,000
	€75,000 - 100,000
	Other:

	€20,000 – 30,000
	€30,000 – 40,000
	€40,000 - 50,000
	€50,000 - 75,000
	€75,000 - 100,000
	Other:

	DCU
	UCD
	TCD
	NUI Maynooth
	Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)
	UCC
	NUI Galway
	Other:

	Fees
	Location
	Programme suitable for career progression and promotion
	Availability of part-time courses
	Availability of web-based courses
	Course content
	Relevance to current career to stay up-to-date
	New career opportunities
	Other:

	E-Commerce
	Software Engineering and Development
	Information Systems
	Security and Forensic Computing
	Bioinformatic
	Programming skills/languages - (please name under "other")
	Networks & Operating Systems
	Games Programming
	Multimedia
	Computational Linguistics
	Complex Systems
	Modelling
	Business-Orientated IT Management
	Not interested in further study
	Interested in further study but in a different area - (please name under "other")
	Other:

	Full-time over one year
	Part-time over one year (4 evenings a week)
	Part-time late afternoon (4pm - 7pm twice a week)
	Part-time evening (6:30pm - 8:30pm twice a week)
	Web-based learning (including streamed lectures online)
	Modular selection (choose which modules and how many per year)
	Block learning - e.g 3 days in a row once a month
	Other:

	Increase/expand skill set
	Advance career/career development
	Career change of direction
	Increase salary and employability
	Personal interest in area
	Other:

	Yes
	No

	Yes
	No

	Yes - more jobs available
	Yes - more difficult to hire graduates
	No - no discernable change
	Yes - less jobs available
	Yes - easier to hire graduates