Higher Education, Place, and Career Development - Learning From Rural and Island Students

Drawing connections from the findings of a research project following graduates from the Scottish islands of Orkney and Shetland, international evidence and literature, this book argues that understanding rural and island student transitions can expose the wider dynamics of place and mobility at play in student and early career experiences.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: setting the scene; 2. Mobilising potential: mobility, education, and neoliberalism; 3. Spatial belongings: spaces of the life-course; 4. Becoming and belonging: change over time; 5. Career frameworks for mobility; 6. Navigating careers, relationships, and mobilities over time and space: graduate experiences; 7. Spatialising student career development: a theoretical model; 8. Spatialising higher education policy and practice; 9. Conclusions; Appendix 1

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Rosie Alexander is a lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland, UK. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a careers adviser in some of the most rural and remote communities in the UK.

Zusammenfassung

Drawing connections from the findings of a research project following graduates from the Scottish islands of Orkney and Shetland, international evidence and literature, this book argues that understanding rural and island student transitions can expose the wider dynamics of place and mobility at play in student and early career experiences.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Rosie Alexander, Alexander Rosie
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 21.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032418742
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3241874-2
• Seiten: 214
• Serie: Research into Higher Education
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Allgemeines, Lexika; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher