TY - T1 - Graduates' evaluations of usefulness of university education, and early career success - a longitudinal study of the transition to working life SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/301422 T3 - A1 - Tuononen, Tarja; Parpala, Anna; Lindblom-Ylänne, Sari A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - A successful transition from university to working life requires that graduates are able to employ their education and academic competences in real working-life contexts. Our previous research showed that graduates varied in how they were able to reflect on their competences at the time of graduation. The present longitudinal mixed-method study follows the same graduates and explores their evaluations of the usefulness of university education and career success, three years after graduation. The... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Academic competences; career success; mixed-method; longitudinal study; LEARNING-ENVIRONMENT; LABOR-MARKET; STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS; ACADEMIC OUTCOMES; COMPETENCES; EMPLOYABILITY; IMPACT; 516 Educational sciences N1 - PP - ER -