The Degree Generation: The Making of Unequal Graduate Lives

Nicola Ingram; Ann-Marie Bathmaker; Jessie Abrahams; Laura Bentley; Harriet Bradley; Tony Hoare; Vanda Papafilippou; Richard Waller

doi:10.46692/9781529208863

The Degree Generation

The Making of Unequal Graduate Lives

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Nicola Ingram, Manchester Metropolitan University, Ann-Marie Bathmaker, University of Birmingham, Jessie Abrahams, University of Bristol, Laura Bentley, University of Birmingham, Harriet Bradley, University of Bristol and University of the West of England, Bristol, Tony Hoare, University of Bristol, Vanda Papafilippou, University of the West of England, Bristol, Richard Waller, University of the West of England, Bristol

Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Online publication date:: January 2024
Print publication year:: 2023
Online ISBN:: 9781529208863
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529208863

Subjects:: Social Theory, Education, Education, History, Theory, Sociology

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This book traces the transition to the graduate labour market of a cohort of middle-class and working-class young people. Using personal stories and voices, it provides fascinating insights into their experience of graduate employment and how their life-course transitions are shaped by their social backgrounds and education.

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The Making of Unequal Graduate Lives

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iii

List of Tables
pp iv-iv

About the Authors
pp v-v

Foreword
pp vi-x

1 - Graduate Success and Graduate Lives
pp 1-29

2 - Moving on Up: Researching the Lives and Careers of Young Graduates
pp 30-43

3 - London Calling: Being Mobile and Mobilizing Capitals
pp 44-64

4 - ‘There’s No Place Like Home’: Graduate Mobilities and Spatial Belonging
pp 65-87

5 - Jobs for the Boys? Gender, Capital and Male-Dominated Fields
pp 88-107

6 - Intersections of Class and Gender in the Making of ‘Top Boys’ in the Finance Sector
pp 108-128

7 - Following Dreams and Temporary Escapes: The Impacts of Cruel Optimism
pp 129-152

8 - Lucky Breaks? Unplanned Graduate Pathways and Fateful Outcomes
pp 153-173

9 - Conclusion: The Making of Graduate Lives
pp 174-186

Appendix
pp 187-192

Index
pp 193-201

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