Aspirations for specific careers

• Unpacking the career aspirations of Australian school students: towards an evidence base for university equity initiatives in schools
  This paper examines school students’ aspirations for specific careers that require a university education, in relation to student background and school-related variables.
  _{Gore, J., Holmes, K., Smith, M., Fray, L., McElduff, P., Weaver, N., & Wallington, C. (2017). Unpacking the career aspirations of Australian school students: Towards an evidence base for university equity initiatives in schools. Higher Education Research and Development. 36, 1383-1400. doi:10.1080/07294360.2017.1325847.}
• Who says we are not attracting the best and brightest? Teacher selection and the aspirations of Australian school students 
  This article tests the assumption underpinning that prospective teachers lack the desired academic and personal qualities.
  _{Gore J., Barron, R. J., Holmes, K., & Smith, M. (2016). Who says we are not attracting the best and brightest? Teacher selection and the aspirations of Australian school students. Australian Educational Researcher, 43, 527–549. doi:10.1007/s13384-016-0221-8.}
• Australian School Student Aspirations for Military Careers: Traditional Perceptions in Shifting Contexts 
  This paper examines student aspirations for military careers and the key reasons for student interest.
  _{Gore, J., Fray, L., Wallington, C., Holmes, K., & Smith, M. (2017). Australian school student aspirations for military careers: Traditional perceptions in shifting contexts. Armed Forces & Society, 43, 238–259.doi:10.1177/0095327X16682046.} 
• Widening participation in medicine? New insights from school students' aspirations 
  The aim of this study is to identify the characteristics of students who express early interest in medicine and ascertain the degree to which diversification of the future medical student cohort is indicated.
  _{Gore, J., Patfield, S., Holmes, K., & Smith, M. (2017). Widening participation in medicine? New insights from school students’ aspirations. Medical Education, 52, 227–238. doi:10.1111/medu.13480.} 
• Profiling Australian school students’ interest in a nursing career: insights for ensuring the future workforce 
  This paper aims to understand patterns and predictors of interest in a nursing career among school students in order to inform ways of ensuring a viable future workforce.
  _{Gore, J., Rickards, B., Fray, L., Holmes, K., & Smith, M. (2017). Profiling Australian school students’ interest in a nursing career: Insights for ensuring the future workforce. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing. 35, 12-22.} 
• Fostering Diversity in the Creative Arts by Addressing Students' Capacity to Aspire 
  This paper examines school students' aspirations for careers in the arts.
  Gore, J., Gibson, S., Fray, L., Holmes, K., & Smith, M. (2018). Fostering diversity in the Creative Arts by addressing students’ capacity to aspire. Journal of Creative Behaviour, 53, 519–530. doi:10.1002/jocb.232.
• Who wants to be a sportsperson? Student aspirations for sporting careers and the re/production of social inequalities 
  This paper seeks to understand the extent to which young Australians aspire to a career as a sportsperson and the extent to which these aspirations are evenly distributed across demographic categories.
  _{Eather, N., Fray, L., & Gore, J., (2019). Who wants to be a sportsperson? Student aspirations for sporting careers and the re/production of social inequalities. Advance online publication. 10.1080/13573322.2019.1679104.}