Research and evaluation consent

Research and evaluation consent

We will evaluate The Big Bang Competition to assess its impact and to identify how next year’s Competition could be improved. We also assess The Competition show our sponsors and supporters what we've achieved with their help.

To do this, we invite young people who take part in The Competition to complete an online feedback survey. The survey asks about their experience of participating in The Competition,  their thoughts about studying STEM subjects. and going into STEM related careers.

We may also invite adults, including teachers, parents and carers, to take part in the survey and ask about their experiences of The Competition.

We'll ask young people to provide some personal details within the survey. This includes gender, ethnicity, disability information and school name. These personal details will only be used for the purpose of evaluation and to inform the ongoing development of The Competition.

This data is collected anonymously where possible. However, we may have other information which, combined, can identify someone, or the group is too small to accurately ensure that responses are fully anonymous. In this case, we use ‘suppression’ to ensure nobody can be identified based on the data they have provided us.

Young people are not required to give this information. However, by doing so helps us understand who is taking part and make sure we are as inclusive as possible.

The information collected will be held, processed, analysed and reported on by EngineeringUK. All data will be held confidentially in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. At no point will the information provided be published in a way that would allow a survey respondent to be personally identified.

For more information on how we process personal information please see our privacy policy.

Changes to these Terms

These Terms may change from time to time. These Terms was last updated in September 2024.