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A bridge too far: is a degree the right path?

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2019-03-07
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Higher education, Working class students, Careers, Widening participation
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Studies of graduate destinations generally report positive outcomes for working-class graduates, particularly professionally validated programmes such as pharmacy or social work, which offer specific career pathways. However, I know of working-class graduates with good degrees from good institutions who are in relatively menial positions in the leisure and retail sector. It is as if such students are unable to move beyond working-class jobs and embrace the middle-class careers that a degree should unlock.
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Binns C (2019) A bridge too far: is a degree the right path? In: Anonymous (2019) Can I succeed as a working-class academic? THE (Times Higher Education). March 7, 2019.
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