Understanding young people’s knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards tech careers
Parent/student information sheet School information sheet School teacher privacy notice
The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has been funded by the Hg Foundation to develop a new measure (in this case a survey) to help understand young people’s views about and interest in having a career in tech.
This work is being undertaken as part of an evaluation of the Speakers for Schools (SfS) IntoTech programme but is funded separately.
Who can take part?
State secondary schools in England who are not participating in the SfS IntoTech programme.
What does participation involve?
Schools administering an anonymous 20–30-minute online survey to a group of Year 10 students.
How will you benefit from taking part?
As a thank you, we are offering all participating schools a £200 Amazon voucher to use at their discretion.
What are the timings for this project?
The project will run from January to August 2025. There will be two stages of survey development with pupil survey administration in February and May 2025. Schools are invited to participate in either the February or May pupil survey.
How do you sign up?
Please read the School information sheet for more information about this study.
To participate, please complete this short form short form; the deadline for responses is 20 January 2025.
Who can I contact for more information?
If you have any questions or would like further information about the research, please contact the project team at [email protected]
How will NFER use and protect the data collected?
You can view our privacy notice for schools here: School teacher privacy notice
Information for parents and pupils, and details about their data is in this letter here: Parent/student information sheet