• To make theoretical comparisons of different underlying economical, political and social contexts for the employment prospects of female graduates
• To compare and analyse case studies of strategies for preparing female students for transitions from education to work across different subject areas (for e.g. women & science, women & technology)
• To contribute innovative ideas to enhance the study and employment prospects for female students
• To contribute to end of year policy briefing paper for the influence of future policy on relations between HE, gender and employment

• Month 4: EL will liaise with partners over plans for seminar and steering group meeting
• Month 5: EL will host a steering group meeting and one-day seminar. Partners will produce presentations and papers for analytical discussion.
• Month 6: UK-SRHE will produce a time-limited website discussion to explore further the underlying values in different EU contexts affecting gender participation in HE and the labour market.
• Month 7: partners will prepare a conference paper.
• Month 13: a ‘brief guide to policy’ chapter for the policy document ‘HE Reform, Society and Change: EU enlargement, gender, CE, employment and citizenship’.

• Seminar papers: "Strategies for preparing female students for employment: engendering new competencies, values and attitudes" and "Gender and employment prospects for HE graduates"
• Report of website discussions to EC and associated networks (month 6)
• Conference papers on HE, equity and employment (month 6)
• Contribution to brief guide to policy on HE, equity and employment (month 13)

The workpackage will:

• provide policy makers, professionals and academics with comparative, analytical findings about underlying values regarding the preparation of female students for the labour market across different subject areas;
• enable professionals and academics to exchange and integrate conceptual frameworks regarding HE, gender and the labour market, with a view to future research collaborations.