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Direct linkWang, Zhiqi; Crawford, Ian – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
This study analyses longitudinal student data to determine the influence of social class, academic performance and other individual factors such as gender, ethnicity and age on entry on the possibility of obtaining highly paid placements in elite professions. Focusing on subject-relevant placements, the findings here strongly support the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Class, Academic Achievement, Sex
Crawford, Ian; Wang, Zhiqi – Accounting Education, 2019
Little research attention has been paid to the effect of yearlong placements in elite accounting firms and investment banks on the social mobility of working class graduates. Using the framework of Bourdieu, this paper examines the link between placements and employment destinations of eight cohorts of accounting and finance graduates from a…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Social Mobility, Accounting, Banking
Crawford, Ian; Wang, Zhiqi – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Motivated by an increasing number of international students in UK higher education, this study investigates the effect of year-long placements on the academic performance of 268 accounting and finance students enrolled between 2006 and 2009. The results show differences between UK and international students although both statistically and…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Students
Crawford, Ian; Wang, Zhiqi – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This study investigates the academic performance differences between Chinese and UK students in a UK university using two undergraduate cohorts by uniquely exploring academic performance patterns among Chinese and UK students across a full degree study period (3 or 4 years). The results reveal a dramatic drop in performance among Chinese students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Undergraduate Students
The Effect of Work Placements on the Academic Performance of Chinese Students in UK Higher Education
Crawford, Ian; Wang, Zhiqi – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
The main controversy as a result of the commercialisation of international education markets is that international students especially those from China are unable to perform as well as UK students in UK universities. So far, research has yet to identify the influence of placements on the academic performance of Chinese students from entry to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Job Placement
