• Longitudinal census survey.

• Every UCAS applicant who applied to go to university (academic year commencing Sept 2005) invited to join Futuretrack.

• Just under 130,000 useable responses achieved.

• Survey finishes in 2011.

• Next surveys: May 2007, June 2009, December 2011.

• Survey methodology informed by pilot study that commenced in 2005 (3500 useable responses; due to finish June 2010).

• Those who didn’t make university (gap year, poor exam results, entered employment) are still part of the study.

• Survey conducted completely online.

• Funded by the Higher Education Careers Service Unit (HECSU).

• Conducted by an interdisciplinary research team at the Institute of Employment Research (IER) at the University of Warwick.

These are just the key facts. If you want to explore the survey in more depth, and interrogate some of the findings, visit the about Futuretrack section.

If you need clarification on any aspect of Futuretrack then please contact us.