All Outputs (3)

What happens when politics and career dreams collide? Considering the impact of Brexit on graduate career aspirations (2018)
Book Chapter
Thomson, T. (in press). What happens when politics and career dreams collide? Considering the impact of Brexit on graduate career aspirations. In A. Diver (Ed.), Employability via Higher Education: sustainability as scholarship. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26342-3_15

The EU Referendum revealed a deeply divided society, with 18-24 year olds voting overwhelmingly for Remain (Moore, 2016). For those students who started their university education within the EU and find themselves graduating in a country that is perc... Read More about What happens when politics and career dreams collide? Considering the impact of Brexit on graduate career aspirations.

Careers in times of social and political change: The impact of Brexit on UK undergraduates' perception of career (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Thomson, T. (2018, May). Careers in times of social and political change: The impact of Brexit on UK undergraduates' perception of career. Paper presented at Imagining new perspectives on work - the role of career development in shaping futures, University of Derby, England

The substantive impact of Brexit on the graduate labour market in the UK is, as yet, far from clear. However a number of recent surveys of UK graduates suggest that up to 39% believe that it will be more difficult to secure graduate employment as a r... Read More about Careers in times of social and political change: The impact of Brexit on UK undergraduates' perception of career.

How has the vote for Brexit impacted upon the career aspirations of UK undergraduates? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Thomson, T. (2018, May). How has the vote for Brexit impacted upon the career aspirations of UK undergraduates?. Poster presented at Postgraduate Research Symposium, University of the West of Scotland

As graduates prepare to enter the post-Brexit world of economic uncertainty, is “getting a graduate job” their priority? And what does a “graduate career” mean nowadays? The substantive impact of Brexit on the UK labour market is not yet clear (In... Read More about How has the vote for Brexit impacted upon the career aspirations of UK undergraduates?.