Hi,
Please pass the details of the studentship on to anyone who might be
interested...though please direct enquiries to either Clare Holdsworth or Jo
Waters...email addresses below...
Best
Dave
ESRC – Welsh Assembly Government 1+3 Studentship
The geography of H.E. provision in Wales: mobility and the educational and
career choices of Welsh students
Department of Geography
University of Liverpool
Applications are invited for a 4 year ESRC-Welsh Assembly Government
Studentship. Applicants must have (or expect to graduate this summer with) a
minimum of a 2.1 degree in a relevant social science discipline. The award will
attract an additional £2000 per annum on top of the standard ERSC stipend.
For further details please contact either Dr Clare Holdsworth
([log in to unmask]) or Ms Johanna Waters ([log in to unmask])
Applications by C.V. and covering letter to: Dr Clare Holdsworth
Department of Geography Roxby Building University of Liverpool
Liverpool L69 7ZT
Closing date: 12th July 2004
Project Summary
As a consequence of recent and proposed changes in the funding of H.E. within
the UK, a trend has emerged towards students choosing to stay at home and
attend a local institution for higher education. In this context, this project
will examine the educational and career choices of Welsh students as they move
from tertiary to higher education, and then into the labour market. Within
Wales, the relationship between student mobility, H.E. and graduate careers is
particularly pertinent; despite a recent expansion of H.E. within the
Principality, young Welsh students still have greater options for higher
education over the border, and may choose to remain there following graduation.
At the same time, Wales is a net importer of students. The implications of this
for the Welsh labour-market need to be explored. The project will address these
issues using a combination of quantitative and qualitative research
methodologies. Secondary data, based on the 2001 census and student enrolment
statistics (available through HESA), will be used to map the geography of H.E.
participation in Wales, examining the relationship between the spatial
distribution of H.E.I.s, youth populations, and H.E. enrolment. An on-line
large-scale survey of final-year undergraduate students will be followed by a
series of in-depth interviews, questioning students about their H.E. choices,
experiences, and intentions upon graduation. This research will shed
significant light upon the important and growing relationship between student
mobility, higher education, and labour-market outcomes in Wales.
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