I was reminded of this test on the BBC website the other day for finding out where you should live … More
Author: Rosie Alexander
Changing Times…
Careers advisers spend a great deal of time talking to people about how to make a career move, about taking … More
Thinking on Buses…
Today I am travelling*. This isn’t unusual, I normally travel to the mainland about once a month. This time, as … More
Talking Careers in the Faroe Islands
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to deliver a keynote speech at a conference on careers guidance … More
Time and Place (and careers)
A week or so ago I gave a presentation at The University of London as part of The Careers Group‘s … More
International vs Internal Student Mobilities
One of my colleagues at the University of the Highlands and Islands, Dr Philomena De Lima is doing some work … More
Nordic Egalitarianism….?
I’ve just been reading a paper by Agnete Wiborg (2001) about the experience of students from rural Norway in their … More
Migration, education and employment: socio-cultural factors in shaping individual decisions in Orkney and Shetland
So, my latest paper has just been published in the Island Studies Journal. The paper is titled: Migration, education and … More
Social Class, Rurality and Access to Higher Education
I’ve recently been reading about research into working class students and their experience of Higher Education. Wolfgang Lehmann has written … More
Widening Access in Rural Areas
The Scottish Government has just published “A Blueprint for Fairness: The Final Report of the Commission on Widening Access”. The … More