Deriving a Typology of University Graduates’ Career Pathways Using Theoretically Driven Sequence Analysis

Abstract

University graduates' social mobility trajectories have become more varied and complex as a result of substantial changes, which occurred in the labour market in the past few decades. These changes include expansion of higher education, occupational restructuring, and destandardisation of life course. As the relationship between Understanding University Graduates' Social Mobility Trajectories: How Does the Route Affect the Outcome? vii Acknowledgements Many people helped me during this PhD journey, I would like to express my appreciation to some of them. Firstly, I would like to thank Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Skills Development Scotland (SDS), for providing funding to conduct this research. In addition, I would like to thank ESRC for the advice and guidance during the PGR conferences and SDS, especially Dr Lynne Robson and Gillian McIntyre, for the help and support during my PhD internship with SDS.