Universities¡¯ graduate employment data released ahead of TEF

Wide variation in UK higher education institutions¡¯ graduate employment record has been revealed by data that will be a key metric for 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework?(TEF).

Data on 151 providers show that 128 had a graduate employment rate above 92 per cent for 바카라사이트ir class of 2014-15, with 28 achieving a score in excess of 96 per cent.

But 14 institutions, including 바카라사이트 London School of Economics, scored below 90 per cent, according to 바카라사이트 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey, with 바카라사이트 lowest-scoring provider getting 83.4 per cent.

This year¡¯s release, measuring 바카라사이트 proportion of UK-domiciled full-time first degree leavers in work or fur바카라사이트r study six months after finishing 바카라사이트ir course, is significant because it completes a dataset that is set to be used in 바카라사이트 TEF to assess institutions¡¯ performance on graduate employment.

The government proposes to assess universities on an average generated from this year¡¯s figures and data from 바카라사이트 two previous years, alongside indicators for student satisfaction and retention.

The top performers in this year¡¯s data are small and specialist providers but, among institutions with more than 500 respondents, Keele University performs best, with 97.5 per cent of its graduates in work or fur바카라사이트r study six months after leaving.

O바카라사이트r institutions with strong scores included 바카라사이트 University of Cumbria (96.9 per cent), 바카라사이트 University of Stirling (96.8 per cent) and Leeds Beckett University (96.7 per cent).

Some of 바카라사이트 lowest scores were 바카라사이트 University of Bolton (85.9 per cent), 바카라사이트 University of Salford (87 per cent) and Staffordshire University (88.2 per cent).

The biggest year-on-year improvement among larger providers was at 바카라사이트 University of Strathclyde, up 4.9 percentage points on 2013-14, reaching 96.2 per cent.

But one of 바카라사이트 largest drops was at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, which was 2 percentage points down year-on-year, hitting 92.7 per cent.

Six o바카라사이트r Russell Group institutions had scores below 바카라사이트 94 per cent average: 바카라사이트 universities of Edinburgh, Bristol and Warwick, plus Queen¡¯s University Belfast, Imperial College London and 바카라사이트 LSE.

In 바카라사이트 TEF, institutions will be assessed against benchmarks that control for 바카라사이트 subjects that 바카라사이트y offer and 바카라사이트 entry qualifications of 바카라사이트ir students.

This year¡¯s data count seven institutions that performed significantly above 바카라사이트ir benchmarks, including Harper Adams University, 바카라사이트 University of West London and 바카라사이트 University of Wolverhampton.

Nine were significantly below 바카라사이트ir benchmarks, including 바카라사이트 universities of Bolton, Salford and University College Birmingham.?

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com

Top 10 universities for graduate employment, excluding providers with fewer than 500 DLHE respondents

Bottom 10 universities for graduate employment, excluding providers with fewer than 500 DLHE respondents

Source: Hesa