Next Choices: Career Choices Beyond University

摘要

Do the 40,000 who enter higher education each year value their experience, and do they make the right choice about where and what to study. The applicants of 1998, the first cohort to pay tuition fees, certainly have a positive perspective, but more could be done to support and improve the decisions of future applicants. Six years after their initial application, the majority had successfully graduated and remained confident about their choices. Most were also satisfied with their choice of career, but to a lesser extent with the opportunities open to them and their career progress to date. For the majority, the benefits had outweighed the costs of higher education.