First name (required)
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Gender (required)
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Ethnicity (required)
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Do you have caring responsibilities for children or other adults? (required)
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Have you lived in care at any stage of your life e.g., residential care, foster care, kinship care, at home with a supervision order? (required)
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What is your current employment status? (required)
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What is the highest level of qualification that you have achieved? (required)
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Were you in receipt of free school meals during your GCSE, National 5 or post-16 studies OR do you have dependents in receipt of free school meals? (required)
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Do you live in a household with an annual income of £25,000 or below? (required)
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Did either of your parents go to university (either in the UK or overseas)? (required)
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How confident, if at all, are you in undertaking the following tasks with technology?
Writing and sending text messages or emails (required)
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Using a social media application (e.g., Facebook, X, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok etc.) (required)
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Using applications to create documents and spreadsheets (required)
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Helping others to stay safe online and when they face problems using an application on their device (required)
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Writing web or computer code (required)
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Creating apps (required)
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Understanding network security basics (required)
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Diagnosing and fixing problems with other people’s coding (required)
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Troubleshooting network issues (required)
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How prepared do you feel about the following aspects of employment or further training?
Writing job applications (required)
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Knowing what to say at an interview for a job needing digital skills (required)
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Starting a new job needing digital skills (required)
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Working with others in a job needing digital skills (required)
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Setting up as a contractor or becoming self-employed (required)
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Starting further education, training or an apprenticeship (required)
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How confident, if at all, are you in undertaking the following work-related activities?
Communicating with others, including work colleagues, clients or customers (required)
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Solving problems related to work tasks (required)
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Working effectively with other people (required)
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Adapting my knowledge and skills to new situations (required)
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