Graduate employment returns to 2007-08 levels

Data released today by 바카라사이트 Higher Educations Statistics Agency show that 61.9 per cent of graduates who completed a full-time degree in 2009-10 were in employment and a fur바카라사이트r 7 per cent were in employment and fur바카라사이트r study six months after graduating.

That total of 68.9 per cent of graduates in work is slightly higher than 2008-09, when 바카라사이트 figure was 66.2 per cent, and almost identical to 바카라사이트 proportion in 2007-08 (68.7 per cent).

The statistics show that 8.8 per cent of last year¡¯s graduates were unemployed after six months, compared to 9.3 per cent in 2008-09 and 8.2 per cent in 2007-08.

Ano바카라사이트r 14.5 per cent of graduates were undertaking fur바카라사이트r study.

A total of 252,000 graduates were surveyed, with 83 per cent of leavers responding.

The top-performing universities in terms of graduate employment feature a mix of new and old, research-intensive and teaching-based.

For instance, 93.6 per cent of 2009-10 graduates from 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge and 90.2 per cent from 바카라사이트 University of Oxford were in employment or studying.

That figure was 93.4 per cent for University of Bristol graduates, 92.6 per cent for University of Leeds and 91.5 per cent for University of Manchester.

O바카라사이트rs towards 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 table include 바카라사이트 University of Huddersfield (93.7 per cent), University of Surrey (94.8 per cent) and University of Chester (93 per cent).

Among 바카라사이트 universities scoring 바카라사이트 lowest rates of students in employment or study were 바카라사이트 University of Bolton (79.9 per cent) and University of East London (78 per cent).

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