20034 Destinations of Leavers in Higher Education

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2003/4 Destinations of Leavers in Higher Education

• Janet Woolnough
• Acting Head, Careers Employment Service

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Background to DLHE

• Undertaken 6 months after graduation
• Institutional responsibility- managed by CES
• Data used for HESA Employability Performance
  Indicator and compilation of league tables
• Summary data available on www.tqi.ac.uk,
  www.port.ac.uk/careers (staff pages)

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2003/4 Summary

• Figures for UK Domiciled First Degree Leavers
• 86.1 entered employment and study (87.4
  nationally)
• 9 entered further study only (15.2 nationally)
   
• 8.1 were assumed to be unemployed (6.5
  nationally)
• 35 of employed graduates were in non-graduate
  jobs (45.5 in 2002/3). In 2003/4 nationally
  40.3 of employed graduates were in non-graduate
  roles.  
• 36 of employed UK and EU graduates were working
  within the Portsmouth postcode area 

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Faculty Analysis 1

• Business School
• Employment Study
• 85.7 (89.1)
• Non-graduate role
• 34.3 (40.5)
• Study only
• 3.7 (4.7)
• Believed Unemployed
• 8 (5.1)

• Environment
• Employment/study
• 82.1 (82.5)
• Non-graduate role
• 36.5 (51.2)
• Study only
• 8.8 (4.4)
• Believed unemployed
• 10.2 (8.0)

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Faculty Analysis 2

• Humanities Social Sciences
• Employment Study
• 85.7 (86)
• Non-graduate roles
• 42.9 (61.5)
• Study only
• 7.1 (3.7
• Believed Unemployed
• 10.1

• Science
• Employment/study
• 91.2 (88.4)
• Non-graduate roles
• 32.3 (40.8)
• Study only
• 12.4 (12.9)
• Believed unemployed
• 4.3 (8.1)

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Faculty Analysis 3

• Technology
• Employment/study
• 84.3 (79.9)
• Non-graduate roles
• 28.9 (34.3)
• Further Study only
• 7.7 (7.7)
• Believed unemployed
• 11.7 (14.3)

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Meeting the employability agenda