eprintid: 10205674 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/20/56/74 datestamp: 2025-03-06 12:34:32 lastmod: 2025-03-06 12:34:32 status_changed: 2025-03-06 12:34:32 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Campbell, Kristyna title: Exploring Transition From the Workplace to Higher Education During Covid-19: Postgraduate Quality and Provision ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B16 divisions: B14 divisions: J80 keywords: Higher education, lifelong learning, postgraduate, quality, transition, workplace note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Postgraduate transitions rarely feature in literature and are scarcely acknowledged in practice, owing to assumptions about competence. This diverse group are often multimembers studying in alternative modes to cope with wide-ranging demands. Despite their contributions to society and the economy, issues concerning fitness for purpose within postgraduate resources, support and provision remain, influencing transition. Expertise brought to the academy is overlooked, and student expectations of study and relationships with staff are often misaligned. This research explores the return to postgraduate study from the workplace during the Covid-19 pandemic, drawing on transition theory. A reflexive thematic analysis of focus group data revealed how workplace skills and behaviours helped manage transition; the significance of personalised relationships with colleagues, peers and staff; and how technology mitigated pandemic-related obstacles. date: 2025-01 date_type: published publisher: WILEY official_url: https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.70000 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2358505 doi: 10.1111/hequ.70000 lyricists_name: Campbell, Kristyna lyricists_id: KCAMP84 actors_name: Campbell, Kristyna actors_id: KCAMP84 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Higher Education Quarterly volume: 79 number: 1 article_number: e70000 pages: 13 issn: 0951-5224 citation: Campbell, Kristyna; (2025) Exploring Transition From the Workplace to Higher Education During Covid-19: Postgraduate Quality and Provision. Higher Education Quarterly , 79 (1) , Article e70000. 10.1111/hequ.70000 <https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.70000>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10205674/1/HEQ.pdf