Occupational choice among undergraduates: A comparison of the universities of Bradford and Warwick

Smithers, Alan; Melrose, Malcolm

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“…Students on sandwich courses have a chance to try out possible future careers while still at university. The high proportion of students, particularly the drop-outs, who expressed worry over career prospects may have been a comment on this experience (Smithers and Melrose, 1973).…”

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“…Four problems, in particular, differentiated the successful and less successful (Table 5), including wony over career prospects, being bored by some of the work, being unsure of abilities and feeling overwhelmed by academic work. Data reported elsewhere (Smithers and Melrose, 1973) links industrial experience with worry over career prospects.…”

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Success and Failure Among Engineers, Physical Scientists and Linguists at a Technological University

Smithers

Dann

1974

Brit J of Edu Psychol

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Summary. Academic performance in three fields of study, engineering, physical sciences and languages, has been analysed by comparing the characteristics of successful students with those of the less successful and those who failed to graduate. The students obtaining the better degrees generally had the better entry qualifications, and in engineering and the sciences, had reacted less against the industrial training element of sandwich courses. No strong relationship between social class and academic performance was found in engineering and the sciences, but, in languages, the successful students tended to come from non‐manual backgrounds, and it is speculated that their acknowledged greater flexibility in their native language may have generalised to foreign languages. In a study of student worries it was found that those who were to go on to do less well or not graduate at all, were apparently aware of their difficulties at an early stage, and able to articulate them.

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confidence: 99%