What does it take to graduate? A qualitative exploration of the perceptions of successful physiotherapy graduates from one university in the UK

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Table 1. Participant characteristics.

Participant (pseudonym)	Duration of interview (minutes)	Gender	Age at start of training	Completed training	First choice university	Accommodation	Academic fails	Mode of study	Work experience prior to training	Family	Self-described Ethnicity	Extra-curricular commitments
Sumi	30	Female	18 yrs	2012	Yes	Year 1 on campus Year 2 off campus Year 3 at home	Yes	FT	Not reported	No information	Indian	Worked part time
Tom	60	Male	21 yrs	2012	No	Year 1 on campus Year 2 off campus Year 3 on campus	No	FT	Yes	Siblings went to university	White British	Tried not to work as committed to studies
Shalini	26	Female	19 yrs	2012	No	Year 1 on campus Year 2 and 3 with family	Yes	FT	Yes	Sibling went to university	Asian-Indian	Nothing regular
Katie	32	Female	18 yrs	2008	Yes	Year 1 on campus Year 2 and 3 off campus	No	FT	Yes	Sibling went to university, parents no HE	White British	Worked part time
Prakash	30	Male	19 yrs	2008	No	At home all years	No	FT	Yes	Siblings went to university. Parents no HE	British Asian	Worked weekends
Anna	35	Female	18 yrs	2012	No	Year 1 on campus Year 2 off campus Year 3 on campus	Yes	FT	Yes	Sibling went to university. Parents no HE	White British	None
Mel	35	Female	18 yrs	2011	Yes	Year 1 on campus Year 2 and 3 off campus	No	FT	Yes	Parents and siblings attended university	White other	Sports team in final year. No part-time work
Jo	40	Female	18 yrs	2010	Yes	Year 1 on campus Year 2 off campus Year 3 on campus	Yes	FT	Yes	One parent and siblings attended university	White European	None

FT = full time; HE = higher education.