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Career goals, aspirations and perceived sources of support in STEM and non-STEM undergraduates

Career goals, aspirations and perceived sources of support in STEM and non-STEM undergraduates. HEA STEM Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2014: Enhancing the STEM Student Journey Rachel Bromnick & Ava Horowitz, University of Lincoln. Overview of our previous research.

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Career goals, aspirations and perceived sources of support in STEM and non-STEM undergraduates

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  1. Career goals, aspirations and perceived sources of support in STEM and non-STEM undergraduates HEA STEM Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2014: Enhancing the STEM Student Journey Rachel Bromnick & Ava Horowitz, University of Lincoln

  2. Overview of our previous research Bromnick & Horowitz (2014)

  3. Top 5 Most Rated Values for Psychology students

  4. ‘Financial gain’ was not highly valued • Ranked 27th out of 44 “...important as I would not like to constantly worry that I can’t afford the basics and my aim is to be able to live comfortably” (Female, P58)

  5. Overview of Conclusions • Psychology students not motivated by money or prestige • Students’ values University’s values

  6. New Aspirations Study • Compare Psychology with other degrees

  7. What was measured? • 30 ‘Life Goals’ (Scale = 1-7) • How important ? • How helpful is UG degree & experience likely to be in its future attainment ?

  8. What was measured? • Rated 9 sources of support on • Usefulness in determining graduate career success e.g. • Parents • Friends • Social Media • Stated Ideal job • How likely to attain it

  9. Who was asked? N = 103 N = 162 N= 92 N = 43 F = 60%, M = 40% Age ≈ 21 years N = 200

  10. Overview of findings STEM v non-STEM subjects … More similar than different

  11. Importance of Life Goals

  12. Psychology: Top 10 Life Goals

  13. Degree Helpful in supporting Top 10 Life Goals

  14. Sources of Career Support • Top 3 • Parents (M = 5.51) • Internet in general (M = 5.23) • Personal contacts (M = 4.96) • University ratings • Lecturers: Rated 4th(M = 4.92) • Careers service: Rated 7th(M = 4.35)

  15. Ideal Job Professionalism Degree Relevance Experts, Orchestrators and Communicators

  16. What does it mean?

  17. Anticipated support from parents

  18. Models of employability?

  19. What next? Support or control?

  20. Thank your for looking and listening Any questions?

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