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The Science Education Track (SET) is designed to provide evidence on a range of key indicators for science engagement, education and career aspirations among young people in England. The survey is based on a nationally representative sample of 4,081 young people in school years 10 to 13 (aged 14-18) attending state-funded schools in England. Fieldwork was conducted online between June 29th and August 31st 2016, by Kantar Public on behalf of the Wellcome Trust and supported by the Royal Society, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Department for Education (DfE). The SET survey has built on two previous studies conducted on behalf of the Wellcome Trust: the Wellcome Monitor Survey waves 1 and 2 conducted in 2009 and 2012. This survey represented a departure from the Monitor survey series in several respects: the survey moved from face-to-face interviewing to online self-completion; the sampling frame changed; and the sample size was substantially increased to allow more detailed analysis by school year cohorts and population subgroups. More information about this survey can be found on its Wellcome webpage.

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The survey investigates different perceptions of science such as: science at school, including GCSE, year 12 and beyond, science as a career and science outside the classroom.

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample

E-mail survey