Applying For Higher Education - Career Choices and Plans
In 2005, the Higher Education Careers Service Unit (HECSU) launched an ambitious programme of research, designed to explore the process of entry into and through higher education in more detail than had hitherto been attempted. This programme, Career-making, has at its core a major longitudinal study. Futuretrack, a study of all applicants to full-time UK higher education courses who applied through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) in 2006. This report contains outline details and preliminary findings from the first stage of this, the Futuretrack census study of 2006 applicants. It was conducted in summer 2006 at the point where the majority of respondants aspired to embark on a full-time higher education or sub-degree course in autumn 2006.
