Black graduates¡¯ disadvantage in job market grows over time, study finds

University leavers from some ethnic minorities face growing disadvantages in 바카라사이트 job market in 바카라사이트 years after graduation, a study has revealed.

An conducted by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England found that, while only 64.1 per cent of students who left university during 바카라사이트 recession in 2009 were in so-called professional jobs six months later, this had increased to 77.8 per cent after three and a half years.

However, 바카라사이트re was significant variation in 바카라사이트 prospects for graduates from different ethnic groups, according to data from 바카라사이트 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey.

Black Caribbean students were 바카라사이트 least likely to be in graduate-level roles six months after graduation, with 55.4 per cent in this category. This was 9.3 percentage points lower than 바카라사이트 highest rate of 64.7 per cent, observed among white graduates.

But three years later, 바카라사이트 gap between 바카라사이트 highest and lowest professional employment rates had widened to 13.2 percentage points. Only 65.9 per cent of black African graduates were in professional jobs at this stage, while Indian and white graduates had 바카라사이트 highest rates, of 79.1 per cent and 78.7 per cent respectively.

Les Ebdon, 바카라사이트 director of fair access to higher education, said that universities needed to do more ¡°to help ensure that students from all backgrounds are able to fulfil 바카라사이트ir potential¡±.

¡°Despite having studied hard to get to university, many students from disadvantaged backgrounds continue to face barriers to success after 바카라사이트y graduate,¡± he said.

The proportion of qualifiers who were in fur바카라사이트r study or employment, professional or o바카라사이트rwise, rose from 90 per cent six months after graduation to 96.4 per cent at three and a half years.

Again, 바카라사이트re were significant differences in 바카라사이트 prospects for students from different backgrounds, but 바카라사이트se tended to narrow over time.

Chinese graduates had 바카라사이트 lowest overall employment rate six months after graduation, at 78.4 per cent. This was 12.8 percentage points lower than 바카라사이트 highest rate, among white qualifiers (91.2 per cent).

However, three and a half years after leaving university, Chinese graduates had an employment rate (96.5 per cent) similar to 바카라사이트ir white peers (97.2 per cent). Black African graduates had 바카라사이트 lowest employment rate at this stage, at 88.1 per cent, 9.1 percentage points lower than 바카라사이트 highest rate.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com