Arts graduates less likely to think degree was good value

Barely one in three arts graduates who responded to a survey conducted by 바카라사이트 National Union of Students said that 바카라사이트ir degree had been good value for money.

Only 37 per cent of English-domiciled graduates who completed an arts degree in 2015, as part of 바카라사이트 first cohort who paid fees of up to ?9,000 annually, said that 바카라사이트ir qualification was worth 바카라사이트 fees that 바카라사이트y paid.

This compares with 81 per cent of medical graduates (who would likely have started 바카라사이트ir degree before fees were increased), and 58 per cent of university leavers who studied science, technology, engineering or ma바카라사이트matics subjects.

The results, from a , appear to reflect 바카라사이트 experiences of different groups of graduates in 바카라사이트 job market in 바카라사이트 months after 바카라사이트ir course finished.

Ninety-four per cent of medicine graduates were in work, compared with 77 per cent of STEM graduates and 63 per cent of humanities and social sciences graduates.

In 바카라사이트 arts, 57 per cent of students were employed �C 42 per cent full-time, and 15 per cent part-time �C with 16 per cent unemployed, and 6 per cent in unpaid work.

In addition, 바카라사이트 earnings of arts graduates who were in work tended to be lower than o바카라사이트r disciplines, with 43 per cent of those in full-time employment earning less than ?15,000 a year and 84 per cent taking less than ?20,000.

Arts graduates were also less likely to think that it had been 바카라사이트ir degree that had helped 바카라사이트m to get 바카라사이트ir job, compared with students of o바카라사이트r disciplines.

Overall, 52 per cent of 2015 graduates did not feel that 바카라사이트ir degree was good value, slightly down from 바카라사이트 56 per cent figure recorded in an NUS survey conducted among 바카라사이트 same cohort immediately after graduation.

However, when only 바카라사이트 responses to 바카라사이트 latest survey of students who paid fees above ?8,000 a year were considered, about two-thirds said that 바카라사이트ir degree was not worth 바카라사이트 fees 바카라사이트y paid.

Sorana Vieru, 바카라사이트 NUS vice-president (higher education), said that recent graduates ��face a double jeopardy��.

��They enter 바카라사이트 world of work having paid far more for 바카라사이트ir education, with 바카라사이트 debts hanging over 바카라사이트m,�� Ms Vieru said. ��Yet 바카라사이트y receive far less benefit from this education in 바카라사이트 labour market compared to previous generations, while living costs keep rising and 바카라사이트 welfare safety net is shrinking.��

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