GEOGRAPHY AND LIFELONG LEARNING - A REPORT ON A SURVEY OF GEOGRAPHY GRADUATES

Previous studies have revealed what employers have said they require i n terms of career or transferable skills in their prospective employee s when they leave university. This paper reports on a survey of groups of geographers who graduated one, Jive and 10 years ago from two diff erent British institutions of higher education. The students identifie d the features of their geography training which had been of most valu e to them in their careers and pinpointed aspects which could have bee n better developed in their degree courses. Conclusions are drawn abou t the future of the geography curriculum in the light of the graduates ' views on their 'graduateness' and their likely career patterns in th e 21st century.