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how university/college students in the UK make career choices: a longitudinal study

how university/college students in the UK make career choices: a longitudinal study. Jane Artess Higher Education Careers Service Unit for Centre for Guidance Studies. the core of the HECSU-funded Career Making research programme

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how university/college students in the UK make career choices: a longitudinal study

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  1. how university/college students in the UK make career choices: a longitudinal study Jane Artess Higher Education Careers Service Unit for Centre for Guidance Studies Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  2. the core of the HECSU-funded Career Making research programme our objective is to track the career development of the whole of the 2006 cohort of entrants to higher education in the UK for five years until entry to employment Futuretrack includes mostly full time students: there is also to be a study of part time students our aspiration is to use researched findings to influence career development practice Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  3. Subsidiary Studies eg Part time students Core Study Futuretrack Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  4. Research design • Initial population census with targeted follow-up of under-represented groups. • Reliance exclusively on web-based data collection. • Contact with universities and colleges to maintain contact and ‘rebalancing’. • Substantial resources devoted to: • retention of sample members; • co-ordination across HECSU wider research programme; • dissemination of research findings. • Longitudinal pilot survey (Futuretrack 2005), question testing, consultative approach to identification of priorities at each wave. Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  5. The link between the Pilot Study (05) and the Main Study (06) Pilot study Wave 3 Pilot study Wave 1 Pilot study Wave 2 Pilot study Wave 4 Sept/ Oct Sept/Oct June June 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 May/ June June June December Main study Wave 3 Main study Wave 1 Main study Wave 2 Main study Wave 4 Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  6. This research will … • improve understanding of the career decision-making process; • clarify the impact of obstacles and advantages in determining opportunities; • provide both an overview of the student population and insight into particular categories of students; • reveal where, when, what and for whom careers information and guidance are most effective – and most required; • provide unprecedented evidence about the relationship between higher education and early career development to inform practice, policy and debates about ‘the knowledge society’, etc. • provide a national perspective by utilising UK-wide data on HE applicants and student/graduate destinations. Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  7. Full survey response of 121,427 • Short questionnaire for non-accepted applicants: 7,591 responses • Final response 129,118 • Application data merged with survey responses • Telephone follow-up interviews with targeted respondents • First report on Wave 1 findings to be launched at HECSU conference on 12th June 2007. Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  8. 2006 HE APPLICANTS: POPULATION AND RESPONSE AT WAVE ONE SURVEY RESPONDENTS 100,411 (82.4%) accepted places in HE 21,461 (17.6%) Not accepted c.421,000 Invited to participate in survey (84.5%) c.122,000 responded (24.1% of all applicants HE NON- PARTICIPANTS SHORT SURVEY c.7,000 respondents 506,000 HE applicants NON RESPONDENTS 223,198 (73%) accepted places in HE 82,716 (27%) not accepted 305,914 no response (60.4%) OTHER APPLICANTS 64,000 (85.7%) accepted places in HE 11,000 (14.3%) not accepted c.85,000 ‘late applicants’ or no email supplied not e-mailed invitation (15.5%) Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  9. Bias • by comparing the response data with the population profile, it is possible to weight for bias in the sample • for example, we can take account of the fact that women, those with higher qualifications and those who had accepted a place at HE, were more likely to have responded than the cohort as a whole Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  10. All and main reasons for applying to enter HE Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  11. Reasons for choice of HEI Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  12. All and main reasons for choice of course Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  13. Extent and evaluation of information available to inform HE decision-making Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  14. Choosing courses – experience of information sources Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  15. How students proposed to fund their studies Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  16. Respondents’ expectations of debt at end of course Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  17. Degree of clarity about career ambitions, by gender Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  18. Respondents’ self-evaluation: key skills prior to HE entry Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  19. Attitudes of respondents to key issues Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  20. Wave 2 questionnaire out NOW! • experience of 1st year of higher education • evaluation of HE experience – study, paid and unpaid work, extra-curricular activities, • HE context – region, type of university/college, travel, accommodation and other resources • current career aspirations, use of careers service, • finance and debt, • obstacles encountered and access to opportunities Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  21. Subsequent waves of the study AT THE END OF FIRST DEGREE STUDY (2009): • Educational outcomes, career planning and use of careers information and guidance services; • The next stage –graduate study, entry to employment, experience of job-seeking, evaluation of fit between education and early outcomes, career plans and choices. TWO+ YEARS LATER (2011-2): • Where are they now? Early career development, different career paths, impact of advice and guidance; • value of higher educations experience and credentials, impact of access to information and Career planning and use of services; • evaluation of fit between education and outcomes, longer-term career plans; • continuing educational, training and career guidance needs; • Integration into the graduate labour market – winners, losers, and what can we learn from their experience? Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

  22. For further details about the study and related research on the UK graduate labour market see: www.hecsu.ac.uk www.warwick.ac.uk/go/glmf or contact Kate.Purcell@warwick.ac.uk or Peter.Elias@warwick.ac.uk For further details about HECSU Career Making Programme, contact J.Artess@prospects.ac.uk Commercial in confidence - not for further distribution

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