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Pathways to employment: Subject choice, job requirements, and early employment outcomes for UK undergraduates

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Higher education in the United Kingdom has dramatically expanded in recent decades, along with questions about its effectiveness in preparing graduates for the labour market. With rising tuition fees and increasing competition for graduate jobs, many students opt to study ‘professional’ subjects—fields closely tied to specific professions ...
Sarah Pemberton
wiley   +1 more source

Gender inequality and health disparity amid COVID-19 [PDF]

open access: bronze, 2021
Zhaohui Su   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source

Understanding international students' agency in developing employability: Case study of a post‐1992 university in the United Kingdom

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Employability remains a critical issue for international students in the United Kingdom. This study adopts the Employability Agency Framework proposed by Pham et al. to explore how a group of international students actively exercised their agency to enhance their employability during their Master's studies in the United Kingdom.
Hoang Nguyen, Ming Cheng
wiley   +1 more source

Food banks in schools in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article investigates the number and distribution of food banks in schools in England. Drawing on a novel source of nationally representative data, we show that one in five schools operate a food bank. This amounts to over 4000 school‐based food banks across the country.
William Baker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teacher‐makers and teacher‐breakers: (Re)defining how status and safety influence trajectories into and away from teaching

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses empirical data from a longitudinal qualitative study conducted with aspirant teachers in England to propose (re)definitions of the concepts of ‘status’ and ‘safety’ as a framework with which to understand and improve teacher recruitment.
Emily MacLeod
wiley   +1 more source

Career motivations and perceptions of teaching of 16–19‐year‐olds in England and Wales

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The current study provides an understanding of career‐related motivations of 16–19‐year‐olds in schools and A‐level colleges in England and Wales. The 672 participants (62% women) were asked to complete a modified version of the Motivations for Career Choice and the Persistence Research in Science and Engineering scales and provide comments on
Sophie Thompson‐Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of beliefs and social–emotional skills in shaping educational expectations among Romanian adolescents

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The study used descriptive and multivariate statistics analytical methods to explore relationships between the highest level of education expected by 15‐year‐old Romanian students and factors associated with student background (personal and academic), school characteristics and selected beliefs and social–emotional skills.
Camelia Truța   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can boarding schools help looked after and vulnerable children improve academic attainment?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The education of children in statutory care, or at the edge of care, is a serious concern for governments and policymakers. How to promote educational opportunities for these children can involve challenging and often contentious proposals. In this paper, we study one proposal put into practice in England: the provision to children who are in ...
David Murphy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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