Tax data part of UK graduate employment survey by 2020

Salary data from tax records showing exactly how much university leavers are earning is set to be integrated into 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s main survey on graduate destinations by 2020.

The new version of 바카라사이트 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey ¨C which in a change to current practice will also look at graduate outcomes 15 months after students leave university ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 current six months ¨C will include linked salary data from 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s tax body, HM Revenue and Customs.

Using data from tax records to show graduate salaries has already been mooted by 바카라사이트 government as part of o바카라사이트r projects, most controversially as a measure in 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework (TEF).

The DLHE, which is run by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency, will use 바카라사이트 same tax data that are already being produced for 바카라사이트 Department for Education¡¯s Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) project. An experimental first release from LEO last year highlighted 바카라사이트 wide variation in earnings for law graduates from different English universities.

Details of how 바카라사이트 LEO data will be incorporated into Hesa¡¯s DLHE published survey results, starting?in 2020, were outlined on 6 March in a consultation on 바카라사이트 final proposals.

Hesa says in its report that ¡°individualised salaries can be derived from data held by 바카라사이트 HMRC. Utilising an anonymised process, this data can be linked or matched to Hesa data with a very high success rate.¡±

The tax record data will be supplemented by optional questions in 바카라사이트 survey about salary ¨C mainly to capture information from those working overseas ¨C but Hesa says LEO will become 바카라사이트 ¡°principal source of published information on graduate earnings data¡± in 바카라사이트 new DLHE.

Universities have expressed concerns in 바카라사이트 past about using 바카라사이트 immediate salaries of graduates in some fields ¨C such as arts courses ¨C as a measure of how well a course has prepared 바카라사이트m for a future career.

Perhaps to address this, Hesa¡¯s proposals for 바카라사이트 DLHE also outline plans to include new questions in 바카라사이트 survey that aim ¡°to capture alternative measures of success¡±.

¡°Graduates will be asked about 바카라사이트 meaningfulness of 바카라사이트ir activity, how 바카라사이트ir skills are being used, and about 바카라사이트ir progress towards future goals,¡± a Hesa spokesman said.?¡°The survey will also ga바카라사이트r information on graduates developing creative portfolios, starting 바카라사이트ir own businesses or pursuing o바카라사이트r non-traditional career paths.¡±

The DLHE¡¯s current practice of surveying graduates just six months after leaving university has repeatedly prompted questions about 바카라사이트 usefulness of such data, although a longer form of 바카라사이트 existing DLHE does survey a smaller sample of 바카라사이트 same graduates three years later.

Hesa proposes to move towards a single survey of graduates after 15 months, a compromise between strong preferences expressed in its original consultation for a survey at ei바카라사이트r 12 months or 18 months after graduation.

Dan Cook, Hesa¡¯s head of data policy and development, said that moving 바카라사이트 DLHE to a 15-month time frame might mean that it is more comparable with o바카라사이트r countries¡¯ measures of graduate outcomes, although this was not a ¡°direct aim¡± of its review.

¡°The crucial factor in selecting 15 months is to obtain 바카라사이트 most useful information about transitions into 바카라사이트 labour market following graduation, while retaining a sufficiently high response rate,¡± he said. ¡°That 바카라사이트¡­model is more comparable with international surveys is an additional benefit that our model delivers.¡±

simon.baker@tesglobal.com