Future Leaders Survey 2007/08
January 2008
What do applicants to universities and colleges in the UK in 2007 think about the future?
Where do they expect their happiness to come from?
What do they think the world will be like when they are mid-career?
What are the big challenges facing humanity, and who do they expect action from?
Following the success of the first Future Leaders Survey in 2006/07, we asked every applicant to higher education in the UK in 2007 to set out their views on these and a range of other questions. More than 25,000 of them responded. This report summarises what they told us.
The survey paints a picture of a generation that is intensely aware of the big challenges facing the planet and eager to see broader social and political change, but which is less willing to adapt individual personal behaviour.
The survey results do, however, begin to highlight ways through this paradox. Respondents would like to see tougher action by government, business playing a positive role, and less of an obsession with material affluence.
This report is important reading for those who want to understand how this generation will shape – and can be enabled to shape – a better future.
This report was undertaken in partnership with UCAS, and was made possible by sponsorship from Friends Provident
A supporting document on selected regional differences is available for download here
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