2.2 million university students across the UK are invited to take part in the survey.

The survey is an anonymous opportunity for students attending UK universities to have a say about what their local lifestyle looks like during this time of dwindling in real life (IRL), life!

As future business owners, leaders, parents and as consumers, students form part of a powerful collective voice that can help to shape the future of what small and local life looks like, including high streets and communities across the UK.

The survey is conducted for three main reasons:

1. To inform consumer decisions. The survey results enable place makers across the UK to make better, informed decisions that result in places where the future people of the country want to spend time. The survey enables us to inform place makers ways to make changes that better support the long-term local environment and economy.
2. To provide information that enhances the local shopping experience. Place makers will use the results to improve local high street strategies for a better shopping experience and better communities in the future.
3. To support consumer accountability. The survey is also a mechanism for the general public to be provided with information about UK high street strategies and how they can get involved.

Only you and fellow students know what it takes to be a student, move to, and live in a new city and learn where things are and what’s local to you. The survey is designed to capture your views and experiences on things that matter to you and affect your university life. Place makers will use your feedback to make meaningful changes to their high street strategy with you, your habits and your future wants in mind. 

Your anonymous responses will be made available to the public through this website and will help to provide useful information to place makers about ways to shop with conscience over convenience.

It takes no more than 7 minutes to complete all 30 questions.

Responses to the survey are strictly confidential. Whilst you are asked to enter an email address, all responses are anonymised before they are collated into datasets to ensure individuals cannot be identified.

Survey results can be downloaded in report format from this website once the survey has closed and the results collated. Please note that any comments you made are anonymous and are not published or identifiable.

Partner universities and place makers can request region-specific results which will be supplied in report format once the survey has closed.

If you have any questions about the survey that have not been answered on this page, please feel free to speak with the team who will be more than happy to help.

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Eligibility:

• • The prize draw is open to all students aged 18 and over, enrolled on a full-time or part-time, campus based course at a university in the UK.
  • Students must be enrolled on a campus-based course, distance learning and online course based students are not eligible.
  • Employees, affiliates, and immediate family members of Local Life Online Ltd are not eligible to participate.

Entry Period:

• • The prize draw closes at 4:59pm on 30th April 2024.

How to Enter:

• • Participants must complete the Student Local Lifestyle Survey via the provided link.
  • Only one entry per person is allowed. Multiple entries from the same person will be disregarded.

Prize:

• • One winner will be selected at random to receive a £250 town gift card, purchased via the relevant Business Improvement District (BID) or town council and redeemable at specified retailers and venues in the relevant university town or city.
  • The prize is non-transferable and no cash alternative will be offered.

Winner Selection and Notification:

• • The winner will be selected through a random draw to be conducted on Friday 16th February 2024.
  • The winner will be notified via email within 5 days following the draw.
  • If the winner cannot be contacted or does not claim the prize within 30 days of notification, Local Life Online Ltd reserves the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner.

Data Usage and Privacy:

• • Personal data collected through the survey will be used solely for the purpose of the study and the prize draw, in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Liability:

• • Local Life Online Ltd is not responsible for any inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this prize draw.
  • Local Life Online Ltd is not liable for any injuries, losses, or other damages in connection with the prize.

General:

• • Local Life Online Ltd reserves the right to cancel or amend the prize draw and these terms and conditions without notice.
  • By participating in the prize draw, entrants are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions.