Aspirations in Science 2, 2013-2017

  <p>ASPIRES 2 was a five-year (2014-2019) mixed-methods project which investigated the science and career aspirations of young people in England from age 14 to 19 years. The study extended previous research (ASPIRES - see SN 9222) conducted with the same cohort of young people who had participated in the first project at ages 10-14. It comprised a quantitative online survey of the cohort and repeat (longitudinal) interviews with a selected sub-sample of students and their parents. Please note that this dataset comprises the quantitative (survey) data only, not the qualitative (interview) data.</p><p>Survey data were collected at two time points: at the end of Key Stage 4/National GCSE exams (age 5/16, Year 11) and the end of Key Stage 5/College (age 17/18, Year 13 or equivalent). The surveys collected a range of demographic data (including gender, ethnicity and measures of cultural capital) and attitudinal data. </p><p>The first ASPIRES study is held under SN 9222. ASPIRES 3, the next study in the series, is available under SN 9224.<br></p>