Pieter M. van Lamoen, Annemarie M. F. Hiemstra, Marieke Meeuwisse, Lidia R. Arends, Sabine Severiens
{"title":"Professional identity development and sense of belonging of diverse students at the transition to higher education","authors":"Pieter M. van Lamoen, Annemarie M. F. Hiemstra, Marieke Meeuwisse, Lidia R. Arends, Sabine Severiens","doi":"10.1080/13596748.2025.2598955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2025.2598955","url":null,"abstract":"Besides being a challenging educational transition, the transition to higher education can be conceived of as the start of professional identity development in professional fields. Research on the role of professional identity at the transition to higher education is however scarce. This study examines how background characteristics and sense of belonging affect professional identity and how professional identity relates to academic achievement and study commitment. Survey and student administration data were collected at two time points among first year students enrolled in law school (Nt1 = 198; Nt2 = 124). Results indicated that sense of belonging to law school was positively related to professional identity. No effect of sense of belonging was found on change in professional identity between the two timepoints. Students with a migration background reported a lower level of belongingness, but a higher level of professional identity. Analyses showed no relationship between professional identity and academic achievement. Professional identity was however positively related to commitment to law school, particularly for students with lower achievement. Overall, the findings suggest no major role of the transition to higher education in shaping students’ professional identity but do indicate that a strong professional identity supports study commitment, especially when students face academic difficulties.","PeriodicalId":45169,"journal":{"name":"Research in Post-Compulsory Education","volume":"31 1","pages":"152-174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147912693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accessing and experiencing higher education: young fathers in the UK","authors":"Carmen Clayton, Kerry Fletcher, Gillian Elvidge","doi":"10.1080/13596748.2024.2371645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2024.2371645","url":null,"abstract":"Young fathers often view studying in HE positively, and perceive the benefits to include improving self-confidence, reconnecting with lost learning opportunities, building better career prospects, ...","PeriodicalId":45169,"journal":{"name":"Research in Post-Compulsory Education","volume":"128 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142177943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on online student engagement and future study plans","authors":"Cathy Schofield","doi":"10.1080/13596748.2024.2371643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2024.2371643","url":null,"abstract":"The UK cost-of-living increases from 2022 to 2023, referred to as the cost-of-living crisis, has had a sudden and unprecedented impact on students’ ability to cope financially, leading many higher ...","PeriodicalId":45169,"journal":{"name":"Research in Post-Compulsory Education","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142177944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the ‘learner journey’ of students undertaking a professional doctorate in Wales","authors":"K Hodgkin, S Davis, A McInch, J Littlewood","doi":"10.1080/13596748.2024.2371647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2024.2371647","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reflects on the delivery of Professional Doctorate programmes from a sample of educational (EdD) and sustainable built environment (DSBE) practitioners at a Welsh University in the Unite...","PeriodicalId":45169,"journal":{"name":"Research in Post-Compulsory Education","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142177945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samantha Jones, Kerry Scattergood, Jodie Rees, Norman Crowther
{"title":"FEResearchmeet. A further education (FE) practitioner–researcher-led, initiative to share and develop capacity for research and scholarship across Wales and England: analysing and theorising the period of initial development","authors":"Samantha Jones, Kerry Scattergood, Jodie Rees, Norman Crowther","doi":"10.1080/13596748.2024.2371649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2024.2371649","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyses emergent issues from four conceptualisers of FEResearchmeet. FEResearchmeet claims to be a free and democratic model for building and supporting engagement with research, led by...","PeriodicalId":45169,"journal":{"name":"Research in Post-Compulsory Education","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142223529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samer Khasawneh, Jamal Abu-Alruz, Ayman Oliemat, Salah Hailat, Omar Bataineh
{"title":"Toxic leadership in higher education: a typology of behaviours","authors":"Samer Khasawneh, Jamal Abu-Alruz, Ayman Oliemat, Salah Hailat, Omar Bataineh","doi":"10.1080/13596748.2024.2371644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2024.2371644","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study was to create a psychometrically valid and reliable toxic leadership scale (TLS) for use in higher education workplace environments. The TLS was administered to a sample...","PeriodicalId":45169,"journal":{"name":"Research in Post-Compulsory Education","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142177947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thai students’ STEM identities after compulsory education by gender, educational programme, and career aspiration","authors":"Luecha Ladachart, Thidarat Kaekai, Panadda Khammeetha, Nuengluethai Hipthong, Ladapa Ladachart","doi":"10.1080/13596748.2024.2371651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2024.2371651","url":null,"abstract":"The extent to which students identify with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (i.e. STEM identity) is crucial in influencing them to pursue STEM-related careers after compulsory educ...","PeriodicalId":45169,"journal":{"name":"Research in Post-Compulsory Education","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142177946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining research motivation, self-efficacy, and anxiety in TEFL graduate students: a structural equation modelling approach","authors":"Mohammad Amini Farsani, Babak Daneshvar Ghorbani","doi":"10.1080/13596748.2024.2371648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2024.2371648","url":null,"abstract":"Applied linguistics has recently seen a surge in research and methodological approaches to do stronger studies. One important factor affecting such a new movement is the researchers’ individual dif...","PeriodicalId":45169,"journal":{"name":"Research in Post-Compulsory Education","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142177948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Redefining teachers’ continuing professional development in further education providers in England","authors":"Lorna Loy","doi":"10.1080/13596748.2024.2371646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2024.2371646","url":null,"abstract":"This research investigated the role of continuing professional development (CPD) in further education (FE) through a small-scale study involving two general FE colleges and two independent training...","PeriodicalId":45169,"journal":{"name":"Research in Post-Compulsory Education","volume":"65 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142177949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contract and covenant in English college-based higher education partnerships","authors":"Geoffrey Elliott","doi":"10.1080/13596748.2024.2371650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2024.2371650","url":null,"abstract":"This research explores ethics in the context of education collaboration and partnership work. It is part of a wider collaborative provision study of leaders and managers in 4 universities and 15 co...","PeriodicalId":45169,"journal":{"name":"Research in Post-Compulsory Education","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141780363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}