Nicola Ingram is Professor of Education at University College Cork, Ireland.Ann-Marie Bathmaker is Professor Emerita of Vocational and Higher Education at the University of Birmingham.Jessie Abrahams is Lecturer of Education at the University of Bristol.Laura Bentley is ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham.Harriet Bradley has retired.Tony Hoare is a Consultant at the University of Bristol, after retirement from his post as Research Director in Widening Participation.Vanda Papafilippou is Senior Lecturer of Human Resources Management at the University of the West of England.Richard Waller is Professor of Education and Social Justice at the University of the West of England.

"An insightful read that will captivate the interest of anyone concerned with how inequalities continue to affect graduates’ transitions from university to the labour market" Educational Review

• 1. Graduate Success and Graduate Lives 2. Moving on Up: Researching the Lives and Careers of Young Graduates3. London Calling: Being Mobile and Mobilizing Capitals 4. ‘There’s No Place Like Home’: Graduate Mobilities and Spatial Belonging5. Jobs for the Boys? Gender, Capital and Male-Dominated Fields6. Intersections of Class and Gender in the Making of ‘Top Boys’ in the Finance Sector7. Following Dreams and Temporary Escapes: The Impacts of Cruel Optimism8. Lucky Breaks? Unplanned Graduate Pathways and Fateful Outcomes9. Conclusion: The Making of Graduate Lives

Nicola Ingram is Professor of Education at University College Cork, Ireland.Ann-Marie Bathmaker is Professor Emerita of Vocational and Higher Education at the University of Birmingham.Jessie Abrahams is Lecturer of Education at the University of Bristol.Laura Bentley is ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham.Harriet Bradley has retired.Tony Hoare is a Consultant at the University of Bristol, after retirement from his post as Research Director in Widening Participation.Vanda Papafilippou is Senior Lecturer of Human Resources Management at the University of the West of England.Richard Waller is Professor of Education and Social Justice at the University of the West of England.

"An insightful read that will captivate the interest of anyone concerned with how inequalities continue to affect graduates’ transitions from university to the labour market" Educational Review

• 1. Graduate Success and Graduate Lives 2. Moving on Up: Researching the Lives and Careers of Young Graduates3. London Calling: Being Mobile and Mobilizing Capitals 4. ‘There’s No Place Like Home’: Graduate Mobilities and Spatial Belonging5. Jobs for the Boys? Gender, Capital and Male-Dominated Fields6. Intersections of Class and Gender in the Making of ‘Top Boys’ in the Finance Sector7. Following Dreams and Temporary Escapes: The Impacts of Cruel Optimism8. Lucky Breaks? Unplanned Graduate Pathways and Fateful Outcomes9. Conclusion: The Making of Graduate Lives

Nicola Ingram is Professor of Education at University College Cork, Ireland.Ann-Marie Bathmaker is Professor Emerita of Vocational and Higher Education at the University of Birmingham.Jessie Abrahams is Lecturer of Education at the University of Bristol.Laura Bentley is ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham.Harriet Bradley has retired.Tony Hoare is a Consultant at the University of Bristol, after retirement from his post as Research Director in Widening Participation.Vanda Papafilippou is Senior Lecturer of Human Resources Management at the University of the West of England.Richard Waller is Professor of Education and Social Justice at the University of the West of England.

"An insightful read that will captivate the interest of anyone concerned with how inequalities continue to affect graduates’ transitions from university to the labour market" Educational Review

• 1. Graduate Success and Graduate Lives 2. Moving on Up: Researching the Lives and Careers of Young Graduates3. London Calling: Being Mobile and Mobilizing Capitals 4. ‘There’s No Place Like Home’: Graduate Mobilities and Spatial Belonging5. Jobs for the Boys? Gender, Capital and Male-Dominated Fields6. Intersections of Class and Gender in the Making of ‘Top Boys’ in the Finance Sector7. Following Dreams and Temporary Escapes: The Impacts of Cruel Optimism8. Lucky Breaks? Unplanned Graduate Pathways and Fateful Outcomes9. Conclusion: The Making of Graduate Lives