Table 1.
Participant pseudonym | Gender | Age at interview | Employment status | Highest educational qualification | Diagnosis timing – before, during or after dropping out | Further university details at the time of dropping out |
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Finn | Male | 39 | Employed full-time | Other qualifications | After | Went straight after A-levels, dropped out twice after transferring between first years and lived in private accommodation. |
Alexander | Male | 38 | Unemployed/unable to work | Other qualifications | During | Straight from college, lived in student accommodation and dropped out final year. |
Angelica | Female | 26 | Employed full-time | 2+ A-levels | After | Straight from sixth form, lived in student housing leased by the university and dropped out second year. |
Angus | Male | 47 | Employed full-time | Higher national diploma | After | Went from college into second year of degree, lived with grandmother and transferred to first year then dropped out. |
Harry | Male | 21 | Student | Scottish Highers | After | Took year out after school before university, lived in student accommodation and dropped out first term of first year. |
Lydia | Female | 49 | Employed full-time/self-employed | Undergraduate degree | After | Straight from school, lived in student accommodation and dropped out first term of second year. |
Heung-Min | Male | 45 | Unable to work/student | Undergraduate degree | After | Mature student, lived in private shared house, repeated first year and dropped out second year. |
Siobhan | Female | 34 | Self-employed/student | Masters | After | Straight from college initially, dropped out of three degrees at different universities; lived in student accommodation twice and parents once; and dropped out twice from first year, once from second year. |
Arya | Female | 43 | Unemployed | Undergraduate degree | Before | Mature student, dropped out of Masters, lived at home and dropped out first term. |
Mauricio | Male | 29 | Employed full-time/self-employed | One A-level | Before | Straight from college on same campus, lived in supported living and dropped out second year. |
Kelly | Female | 37 | Student | PGCert | After | Straight from school, lived in private accommodation with partner and dropped out first year. |
June | Female | 38 | Student | Undergraduate degree | After | Straight from sixth form, lived in student accommodation and dropped out second year. |
Nora | Female | 39 | Carer | Masters | After | Straight from school, lived in student accommodation and dropped out first year. |
Mousa | Male | 54 | Employed part-time/self-employed | Masters | Before | Mature student, dropped out of Masters, lived at home and left after second term. |
Pseudonyms are provided for each participant.