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EHEA Futuretrack graduates -The transferability of (under-) graduate knowledge gained in UK HEIs within the EHEA

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:13:59 GMT

A small follow-up research project, funded by the Society for Research into Higher Education, eanbled Drs. Heike Behle and Charoula Tzanakou to undertake secondary data analysis of the existing Futuretrack survey data set and conduct additional interviews with a sub-sample of European mobile graduates (EMGs) to answer the research question: Under which circumstances is the production of knowledge in UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) transferable within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) in terms of integration into the labour market or further training?

The research aims to: (i) Develop further knowledge of the motivations behind the migration of EMGs, (ii) Map the career development of EMGs of UK HEIs and assess the opportunities and challenges faced by them in accessing the labour market and further study, (iii) Assess the extent to which a gap exists between demand for different employability skills and the development of these skills by EMGs of UK HEIs.

The project was funded between 01/01/2013 - 31/10/2013

For further information, contact Dr Heike Behkle; heike.behle@warwick.ac.uk

Futuretrack Stage 4 research report

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:20:41 GMT

Futuretrack Stage 4: transitions into employment, further study and other outcomes (2012)

The Stage 4 research report examines graduates' experiences of the labour market and further study five and a half years after they first applied to higher education.

Futuretrack Conference: The changing relationship between HE and the graduate labour market

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:43:14 GMT

Watch online for free – Wednesday 7th November 2012 (10.15am-4.30pm)

Futuretrack is an academic research study funded by HECSU and undertaken by IER. Futuretrack has been tracking how students develop over a six year period; it surveyed 130,000 students at the time of UCAS application in 2006, twice during their period at university and finally two years after graduating. It is the most comprehensive research of the relationship between higher education and the graduate labour market ever undertaken with unprecedented levels of data.

They applied to university in 2006, and after three years of full-time study the majority graduated into one of the worst recessions in history. So, what influenced their career journey and where are they now?

HECSU will be exclusively broadcasting the findings of the Futuretrack studies at their conference on 7th November and invite you and your colleagues to watch the presentations (not the round table discussion groups, sorry) online and submit your questions to the panel via Twitter. IER Professors Kate Purcell and Peter Elias will be making presentations in a session on "From application to graduation and beyond".

Register your interest now by emailing v.miles@prospects.ac.uk. The conference is free to view online and you can follow us at www.twitter.com/futuretrack2006

Last week of Futuretrack survey – have you done it?

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:31:20 GMT

Survey closes Friday 2nd March

We are now in the last week of the survey, so if you haven’t yet taken part, we invite you to do so NOW, before it is too late! You could win one of our cash prizes, but more importantly, you will be contributing to building a full picture of the labour market and a deeper understanding of the relationship between higher education and employment.

We’ve had an impressive response rate so far, but we want to be as representative as possible. Please pass this message on to anyone you know who is eligible to take the survey – remember, it is open to all who applied to full-time higher education through UCAS in the academic year 2005/06.

Remember, you can find us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn for up-to-date news and discussions about the issues that matter to you.

Click here to complete the survey

Futuretrack survey

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:26:48 GMT

Futuretrack is open to anyone who applied to enter full-time higher education through UCAS in 2005/06. If this is you, and you have not yet participated in the survey, don’t be left out – do it NOW!

Click here to complete the survey .

You could be in with a chance to win a cash prize: there are ten of £1,000 or one hundred of £100 prizes to be won!

If you have problems opening the link, copy and paste the following link into your browser: https://www.snapsurveys.com/futuretrack?u=wier.

If you were a 2005/06 UCAS applicant, you are part of the study, whether you started a course in Autumn 2006, deferred and re-applied, had a gap year, completed a course, dropped out or did something different instead.

Don't miss your chance to make your views count and contribute to a deeper understanding of the labour market!

Have a look at our FAQs for more information, and see the Institute for Employment Research's privacy statement for more details about how your data will be used.

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Futuretrack in Social Media

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:51:51 GMT

If you would like to keep up-to-date with research from the Futuretrack project, look no further. We are now on Twitter and on Facebook, with timely information about our findings, surveys and comments about the labour market and higher education.

Jane Artess, Director of Research at the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU), has set up a LinkedIn Futuretrack group for news and information. If you are interested, you can join it here.

We invite you to engage in conversation about your experience of education, training and the world of work. We’ll be posting some of our findings and you can see how you fit in with the responses of the Futuretrack group.