The Degree Generation - Nicola Ingram, Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Jessie Abrahams, Laura Bentley, Harriet Bradley

The Degree Generation

The Making of Unequal Graduate Lives
Buch | Softcover
212 Seiten
2023
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-0885-6 (ISBN)
18,65 inkl. MwSt
This book traces the transition to the graduate labour market of a cohort of middle-class and working-class young people. Using personal stories and voices, it provides fascinating insights into their experience of graduate employment and how their life-course transitions are shaped by their social backgrounds and education.
What are the challenges for the current generation of graduate millennials? The role of universities and the changing nature of the graduate labour market are constantly in the news, but less is known about the experiences of those going through it.


This book traces the transition to the graduate labour market of a cohort of middle-class and working-class young people who were tracked through seven years of their undergraduate and post-graduation lives.


Using personal stories and voices, the book provides fascinating insights into the group’s experience of graduate employment and how their life-course transitions are shaped by their social backgrounds and education. Critically evaluating current government and university policies, it shows the attitudes and values of this generation towards their hopes and aspirations on employment, political attitudes and cultural practices.

Nicola Ingram is Professor of Education at University College Cork, Ireland. Ann-Marie Bathmaker is Professor Emerita of Vocational and Higher Education at the University of Birmingham. Jessie Abrahams is Lecturer of Education at the University of Bristol. Laura Bentley is ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham. Harriet Bradley has retired. Tony Hoare is a Consultant at the University of Bristol, after retirement from his post as Research Director in Widening Participation. Vanda Papafilippou is Senior Lecturer of Human Resources Management at the University of the West of England. Richard Waller is Professor of Education and Social Justice at the University of the West of England.

1. Graduate Success and Graduate Lives


2. Moving on Up: Researching the Lives and Careers of Young Graduates


3. London Calling: Being Mobile and Mobilizing Capitals


4. ‘There’s No Place Like Home’: Graduate Mobilities and Spatial Belonging


5. Jobs for the Boys? Gender, Capital and Male-Dominated Fields


6. Intersections of Class and Gender in the Making of ‘Top Boys’ in the Finance Sector


7. Following Dreams and Temporary Escapes: The Impacts of Cruel Optimism


8. Lucky Breaks? Unplanned Graduate Pathways and Fateful Outcomes


9. Conclusion: The Making of Graduate Lives

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 8 Tables, black and white
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-5292-0885-8 / 1529208858
ISBN-13 978-1-5292-0885-6 / 9781529208856
Zustand Neuware
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