But lifelong engagement with science, beyond compulsory schooling, requires more than knowledge and skills, students will make the most of their knowledge, and participate in science-related activities, only if they are also positively disposed towards science. This, of course, is particularly important for students who aspire to become scientists or engineers, or to work in other science-related occupations. Most students expressed a broad interest in science topics and recognised the important role that science plays in their world.