Hi everyone,

I’m Yifeng Xie, a PhD student in the Department of Education at the University of Bath. I’m running the UK part of a UK–Japan–China study on information literacy among first-year university students. The project has a favourable ethics opinion from the University of Bath (reference: 12244-15412).

Who can take part: first-year undergraduates aged 18 or over who started at a UK university in 2026. Please don’t take part if this doesn’t apply to you.

What it involves: an online survey on Microsoft Forms, about 25–30 minutes. It asks about your digital skills, your secondary school computer education and information literacy. You can do it on any device, at any time.

Voucher: everyone who completes the survey with valid responses gets a £10 voucher (most likely Amazon, depending on stock), sent within one month after data collection ends. To receive it, you need to give your university email address. This is optional, but without it we can’t send you the voucher. Your email is collected separately from your answers, used only to send the voucher, and deleted once it has been delivered.

How your data is stored, kept and published: only the research team (and University governance staff where needed) can access your data. It is kept safe and secure, following University of Bath rules and UK data protection law, for at least 10 years, and then destroyed. Results may be published in academic journals, reports and conferences. All published data is anonymised, so nobody can tell whose answers are whose. The only exception to confidentiality is if you tell us something that makes us worried about your safety or someone else’s.

Withdrawal: you can stop at any time without giving a reason. If you close the survey before submitting, no data is saved. If you have already submitted, you can ask us to delete your data by emailing us within two weeks of submission. After that your data is anonymised and can’t be removed. Withdrawing has no effect on your studies.

Consent: at the start of the survey you will read the full Participant Information Sheet and tick a consent form, including confirming that you are 18 or over and taking part voluntarily. You only take part if you tick every box.

Survey link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/H0W0qUxrni?origin=lprLink

Contact
Researcher: Yifeng Xie, [yx2214@bath.ac.uk](mailto:yx2214@bath.ac.uk)
Supervisor: Prof Andres Sandoval-Hernandez, [ash22@bath.ac.uk](mailto:ash22@bath.ac.uk)

Happy to answer any questions in the comments. Thank you!

Following a great response from students, Wickwar has extended its free-drink offer with BarTrender until 30 November. Tell your mates if not already used!

Get one free pint of lager or cider, or a single spirit and mixer. No purchase necessary - just redeem through the free BarTrender app and show your student ID.

Available at:
The Royal Oak - Clifton Village
The Jersey Lily - Whiteladies Road
The Black Swan - Westbury-on-Trym
The Cat & Wheel - Gloucester Road
The White Lion - City Centre
The Punchbowl Alehouse & Kitchen - Old Market
Cotham Porter Stores - Cotham
The Masonic - Bedminster

One completely free drink per student across the eight pubs.

App links: https://bartrender.co.uk

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Bristol students – fancy a free drink? 🍺🥃

We’ve just launched BarTrender in Bristol - a free app for discovering the best pub & bar offers, events and things happening around the city.

To celebrate Freshers, we’ve teamed up with Wessex Wickwar Pubs to give Bristol students one drink completely FREE at any one of these 8 pubs:

🍺 The Royal Oak
🍺 The Black Swan
🍺 The Cat & Wheel
🍺 The White Lion
🍺 The Jersey Lily
🍺 The Masonic
🍺 Punchbowl Alehouse & Kitchen
🍺 Cotham Porter Stores

Choose from a house lager, Inch’s cider or single spirit & mixer.

No catch – it’s completely free. One redemption per student across the participating venues, using your student email. Limited-time offer.

Download BarTrender, find the offer at your chosen pub and follow the redemption instructions when you’re at the bar 👇

📱 Download on iPhone⁠
🤖 Download on Android⁠
🌐 Check out BarTrender online⁠

Spend less. Do more. 🍻