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PRES 2011 Results – September 2011 Figure 3.25: Professional development items by % agree by discipline, Q7 3.2.3.2 Gender As can be seen in Figure 3.26, women were generally less positive than men about professional and career development. Most notably, their % agree score for Q7a, regarding encouragement to think about the range of available career opportunities, was 5.2% lower than the equivalent score for men 32 . Figure 3.26: Professional development items by % agree by gender, Q7 32 This gender difference was fairly consistent within discipline groups. 51
PRES 2011 Results – September 2011 3.2.3.3 Age As with the skills items (see Section 3.2.2.2) those in the middle age groups were more likely to agree with the professional development and career items than those under 30 or over 46. It could be hypothesised that given the higher importance that the middle age groups give to skills training, they are more proactive in seeking out advice and encouragement and thus more likely to be positive about the opportunities. Figure 3.27: Professional development items by % agree by age, Q7 3.2.3.4 Source of funding Responses for the Professional Development and Career scale when split into RCUK-funded and non- RCUK-funded yield interesting results. There are clear differences in % agree between the two groups, with RCUK-funded students significantly less in agreement with all three items than those who were not RCUK-funded. Given the targeted provision aimed at RCUK-funded students, it is striking that the proportions of respondents agreeing that they were encouraged to reflect on their career and professional development was 4.4% (Q7a), 7.6% (Q7b) and 6.5% (Q7c) lower for the group funded by RCUK than for the group that was not. This runs counter to the natural expectation, and is somewhat in tension with the results for the skills development items, where RCUK-funded students were generally more positive. 52
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