Plans, aspirations and realities: taking stock of higher education and career choices one year on: findings from the second Futuretrack survey of 2006 applicants for UK higher education

Purcell, Kate

Plans, aspirations and realities: taking stock of higher education and career choices one year on: findings from the second Futuretrack survey of 2006 applicants for UK higher education

Futuretrack is a longitudinal survey exploring the relationship between higher education (HE), employment and career planning. Funded by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU) and led by a team of researchers at the Warwick Institute for Employment Research, Futuretrack is tracking the cohort of students who applied to university through UCAS in 2005/06. Students will be surveyed four times over five years. The project explores why students decide to apply to higher education, how they choose their institution and course, and why they think higher education is a good investment. It ... Show more