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Quinlan, Kathleen M.; Corbin, James – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
With increasing emphasis on employability in higher education (HE), there is an urgent need to understand how HE influences students' career interests. Vocational psychological interest literature has assumed that career interest is stable from adolescence to adulthood. Newer conceptions of interest, drawn from developmental-educational…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Graduates, Foreign Countries, Careers
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Williams, Kate Elizabeth; Hutchings, Paul B.; Phelps, Ceri – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
With increasing evidence highlighting the link between psychological factors such as self-esteem, self-efficacy and optimism on employability outcomes, this paper reports an evaluation of a unique student experience initiative called 'Life Design' developed to support the professional and personal development of undergraduate students. First year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Employment Potential, Program Evaluation
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Stenson, Kevin – Primary Science, 2020
The journey to achieve gender diversity in STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math] subjects appears to be a slow one. According to UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admission Service) data provided by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, just 35 per cent of STEM students in higher education in the UK [United Kingdom] are women (STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Females, College Students, Gender Differences
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Reiss, Michael J.; Mujtaba, Tamjid – Curriculum Journal, 2017
Schools have a particular responsibility to introduce young people to the range of possible options for them after they leave education as few families can provide this. However, in the United Kingdom, careers education is currently not strong in most schools for a number of reasons but principally due to its low status and shifts in government…
Descriptors: Career Education, STEM Education, Foreign Countries, Career Exploration
Covacevich, Catalina; Mann, Anthony; Santos, Cristina; Champaud, Jonah – OECD Publishing, 2021
The aim of the OECD Career Readiness project is to identify patterns of teenage attitudes and activities that are associated with better transitions into employment by analysing multiple national longitudinal datasets. This paper looks for further evidence of the link between teenage activities, experiences and career-related thinking and adult…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Adults
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Okay-Somerville, Belgin; Scholarios, Dora – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
This article aims to understand predictors of objective (i.e. job offers, employment status and employment quality) and subjective (i.e. perceived) graduate employability during university-to-work transitions. Using survey data from two cohorts of graduates in the UK (N = 293), it contrasts three competing theoretical approaches to employability:…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Career Counseling, Credentials
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Jackson, Denise; Wilton, Nicholas – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
This paper explores undergraduate capabilities in career self-management and the influence of work-integrated learning (WIL). Career management competencies are an important aspect of individual employability and impact on wellbeing, graduate job attainment and long-term career success. Enhanced competencies among graduates can assist Faculty in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Careers, Career Exploration