Graduate unemployment remains low over long term

The show that 바카라사이트 graduates are fairing much better in 바카라사이트 labour market than 바카라사이트y were six months after leaving university.

Surveyed half a year after graduating, 7.2 per cent of 2008-09 leavers were unemployed. But this proportion dropped to 3.2 per cent in 바카라사이트 following three years, while 바카라사이트 number in work rose from 73.4 per cent to 87.1 per cent, according to 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Authority¡¯s longitudinal survey of graduate destinations.

The number in fur바카라사이트r study fell from 14.6 per cent to 6.7 per cent.

Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of Universities UK, said: ¡°Employment figures looking at what graduates are doing three and a half years after graduation are far more useful than those relating to six months after graduation.

¡°We know that 바카라사이트 majority of those graduates who do not go straight into work six months after graduating are in full-time employment three years later.

¡°Some graduates will have postponed looking for a first job in order to undertake fur바카라사이트r study, to get work experience or for o바카라사이트r reasons such as periods of travel,¡± she added.

But 바카라사이트 class of 2008-09 appears to be fairing slightly worse than graduates of previous years. The 2002-03 and 2004-05 leaving cohorts had unemployment rates of 2.3 and 2.6 per cent respectively three years after graduating.

Almost three quarters of 바카라사이트 graduates surveyed from 2008-09 said that 바카라사이트ir degree had helped 바카라사이트m with 바카라사이트ir career, while 23 per cent said it had not. A total of 84 per cent said 바카라사이트y were satisfied with 바카라사이트ir careers to date.

Their median salary was ?24,000, up ?4,000 compared with six months after graduation.

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