Abstract This paper explores undergraduate performance at second and final year levels on a degree programme in Accounting Finance Welsh university using blend of data from demographic, attitudinal behavioural sources. It considers issues including gender, prior students' application to study based upon classroom observation, makes use multiple regression principal components analysis. Findings appear highlight that both results studies are positively associated with as measured by grade...

Current political and economic discourses position employability as a responsibility of higher education, which deploys mechanisms such supervised work experience (SWE) to embed skills development into the undergraduate curriculum. However, workplaces are socially constructed complex arenas embodied knowledge that gendered. Understanding usefulness SWE therefore requires consideration contextualised experiences it, within these environments. This study considers education's use mechanism...

ABSTRACT There is a well‐recognised mental health and wellbeing crisis among the undergraduate population in UK higher education. However, of postgraduate research students (PGRs) effectiveness university strategies supporting PGR are much less understood. Early shows that PGRs' impacted by their loneliness. These initial studies limited; however, primarily considering loneliness using qualitative approaches treating it as unidimensional phenomenon. Our study addresses these limitations,...

Academic failure creates financial and emotional issues for students, with associated resource performance implications higher education institutions. The literature reveals that much of the work on student is quantitative, restricting understanding deeper feelings perceptions students towards their studies. This paper explores undergraduate from an experiential perspective, recognising complexity subjectivity academic performance. Findings appear to highlight: negative focus reasoning...

Political and economic discourses position employability as a responsibility of higher education, which utilise mechanisms such supervised work experience (SWE) to embed into the undergraduate curriculum. However, sparse investigation students' contextualised experiences SWE results in little being known about through students derive benefits from SWE. The aim this study is examine impact expectation conception workplace learning on their transition Analysis accounting reveal two broad...

The supervisory relationship is widely understood as central to the experience, success and wellbeing of PhD students. However, complex issues struggles are frequently reported associated with it. Although an extensive literature recommends useful, practical changes improve relationships, current approaches generally focus on ameliorating difficulties within existing paradigms, rather than challenging or offering fresh perspectives them. co-creative approach has been successful in higher...