Culture, Capitals and Graduate Futures - Degrees of Class

The idea of a linear progression from higher education to graduate employment is the basis on which policies such as widening participation and increase in tuition fees have been predicated. However, there is a disconnect between policy and experience as issues of social and class barriers into graduate employment have consistently persisted, with graduates facing an unemployment rate of up to 40%. This book uses graduate case studies to explore what other forms of capital influence graduates' trajectories. These factors are framed within a greater "cultural" reading of class, appreciating the interconnectedness between class, gender, race and ethnicity.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 - Sociology of "Choice"
Chapter 2 – Setting the Scene
Chapter 3 – Graduate Employed
Chapter 4 – Non-Graduate Employed
Chapter 5 - Theoretical Discussion: a wide-angle approach
Chapter 6 - Social Policy Implications: lessons to be learned
Conclusion
Appendix A – Respondent Matrix
Appendix B – Graduate Employment Position by Variable

About the author

Ciaran Burke is Lecturer in Sociology at Ulster University, Northern Ireland.

Product details

• Authors: Ciaran Burke, Ciaran (Plymouth University Burke, Burke Ciaran
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.08.2015
• EAN: 9781138840539
• ISBN: 978-1-138-84053-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Research into Higher Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Labour / income economics, Educational strategies & policy, Sociology: work & labour, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Employment & Unemployment, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher