Understanding student motivations and career aspirations so that we can effectively support our graduates
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i11.569Keywords:
Employability, Black and Minority Ethnic, attainmentAbstract
With graduate employability existing at the heart of the Higher Education (HE) agenda, we review student motivators, and the aspirations of life science, pharmacy and chemistry students for entering into HE. We evaluate this particularly in reference to Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) students, as their career aspirations and motivators for studying may play an important role in determining degree attainment and consequent graduate opportunities.
Keywords: Employability; Black and Minority Ethnic; attainment
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