This report details the findings and recommendations from the NCSEHE Research
Fellowship entitled 'Mind the Gap!'Exploring the post-graduation outcomes and employment …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 O’Shea i ‘Mind the Gap!’ Exploring the postgraduation outcomes and
employment mobility of individuals who are first in their family to complete a university degree …

Increasing competitiveness in the graduate employment field combined with growing
numbers of degree bearing applicants means that gaining employment after completing …

What graduates end up doing after they leave university has become of increasing concern
and interest over the last few decades. In these times of increased participation in higher …

Internationally, new complexities and permutations have emerged in the world of work:
employment is no longer stable or strictly demarcated by graduate and non-graduate work; …

We are interested in how first in family (FiF) students navigate the higher education system
and the labour market compared to their peers. A FiF student by our definition is when …

Higher education is in a state of transformation with increasing funding cuts leading to an
even greater emphasis on 'value for money'and graduate outcomes. Despite a proliferation …

From an elite system for the privileged few in the 1960's, the university sector has grown to a
mass higher education system with approximately half of 18-30 year olds now attending …

This article explores the experiences of students who are the first in their families to attend
university. Building upon a decade of research in this field, the author describes the ways …

There is much literature and research pertaining to the First Year Experience but little that
acknowledges or explores how this varies between different cohorts of students. The so …