Number of full-time jobs for graduates decreasing

July 31, 2012 - no comments

GraduateGuy Drury reports for Aberystwyth University’s Courier on new data released about graduate employment:

Figures released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency suggest that graduates are turning to part-time work, volunteering and work/further study as the percentage of graduates in full-time employment has decreased.

Amongst full-time students who graduated with their first-degree in 2011, full-time employment is down 1% whilst part-time work, volunteering and work combined with further study is up 1.6% – as unemployment rises by just .1% to 9.2%.

Nationally, 32.2% of graduates were in managerial or professional roles – but of graduates from Welsh universities, this figure dropped to just 26.4%.

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Editor. Matt is a second-year Philosophy student at the University of Birmingham. He is also a multimedia editor for Redbrick.