Graduate Outcomes for Widening Participation Students

该项目通过探索高等教育中的扩大参与（WP）实践的一个研究不足的领域：研究生成果，为有关班级薪酬差距的文献做出了贡献。该研究探讨了来自不同家庭背景的UoM毕业生的早期职业轨迹，使用“扩大参与”状态作为社会经济出身的衡量标准。它将建立在法学学士法律学生的研究生成果的硕士研究基础上，将这项研究扩展到更广泛的校友和学科领域，并探索性别，种族和WP研究生成果的阶级背景的交叉点。该项目采用了混合方法：通过WP状态对毕业生活动进行调查分析，并进行半结构化访谈，以更深入地了解在确保第一个毕业生角色时家庭背景的任何差异模式。

This project contributes to the literature on the class pay gap by exploring an under-researched area of Widening Participation (WP) practice within Higher Education: graduate outcomes. The study explores the early career trajectories of UoM graduates from different family backgrounds, using "Widening Participation" status as a measurement of socio-economic origin. It will build on the MSc research on the graduate outcomes of LLB Law students, expanding this research to a wider cohort of alumni and subject areas, and exploring the intersection of gender, ethnicity, and class background on WP graduate outcomes. The project adopts a mixed methods approach: survey analysis of graduate activity by WP status, and semi-structured interviews to gain a deeper understanding of any patterns of difference by family background when securing first graduate roles.