BOOST2018: The Ground-Breaking Study of Student Life, 2015-2020: Secure Access

<p class="x_x_x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;">BOOST2018: The Ground-Breaking Study of Student Life, 2015-2019: Secure Access</span> is a 13 wave longitudinal survey of a cohort of undergraduate students at one UK university. The data were collected over three years, from October 2015 to June 2018, using online surveys and laboratory tasks. The data are linked to administrative data on demographic characteristics, attendance at lectures and classes, and academic performance. The purpose of the study is to understand the factors determining socio-economic gaps in outcomes from Higher Education, by collecting data on expectations, preferences, access to information, and students' behaviour.</p>A further online 'Life After University' (wave 14) survey was fielded in 2020 to enable the labour market and subsequent education outcomes of participants in the original BOOST2018 study to be observed after they had completed their undergraduate degrees. Due to the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020, a battery of questions on health-related behaviours and expectations was also included.<br>

*BOOST2018：2015-2019年学生生活开创性研究：安全访问（Secure Access）* 是一项针对英国某大学本科生队列开展的13波次纵向追踪调查，数据采集周期为2015年10月至2018年6月，共计三年，采用线上问卷与实验室任务相结合的方式完成数据收集。该数据集与涵盖人口统计学特征、课堂出勤情况及学业表现的行政登记数据相关联。本研究旨在通过收集学生的期望、偏好、信息获取渠道与个体行为等数据，解析高等教育成果中社会经济差距的影响因素。
2020年，研究团队额外开展了第14波线上"大学毕业后生活"调研，以追踪原BOOST2018研究参与者在完成本科学业后的劳动力市场表现与后续教育成果。受2020年春季新冠疫情（coronavirus pandemic）暴发的影响，本次调研额外增设了一系列与健康相关行为及预期相关的问题。