in the country of origin of our student, although we do have a much higher proportion of international
postgraduate taught students, as compared to undergraduates. Rather, it has more to do with the
fact that students can be greatly differentiated by a number of other factors, such as: the level of
work and/or life experience they may have previously had; their personal situation and
commitments outside the degree; their motivations for graduate-level study; and their future career
aspirations.
For instance, whereas the majority of our UG students will have in common the fact that they are
all at the point of ‘starting out’ in their careers, this is not necessarily the case for our PGT students,
who could be at any stage in their career-development or career decision-making journey. A PSA
(PGT) workshop group could include a student who has enrolled on a non-vocational Masters
course straight from an undergraduate degree and has no idea what to do next, alongside a student
who is already professionally employed and is studying for career progression. Similarly, many
PSA (PGT) students may be undertaking a Masters degree as a stepping stone to an academic
career, and may not necessarily wish to engage with the traditional ‘employability’ discourse. A
workshop on our programme would somehow have to meet the needs of all participants!
Rather than considering this diversity as a threat to the success of