Skills required by new chemistry graduates - Higher Education ...

Higher Education Academy UK Physical Sciences Centre 3
Contents
1. Aim of Study ............................................................................................................................5
2. Scope of Survey.........................................................................................................................6
3. Background................................................................................................................................7
4. Methodology ..............................................................................................................................8
4.1 Survey ..............................................................................................................................................................8
4.2 Contacting the graduates and response rates..........................................................................................9
5. Results.......................................................................................................................................10
5.1 Activities since graduating.......................................................................................................................... 10
5.2 Knowledge/skills used since graduating .................................................................................................. 12
5.3 Knowledge/skills development in the degree programme ................................................................. 15
5.4 Use versus development ............................................................................................................................ 18
5.5 Knowledge/skills graduates would have liked more opportunity to
develop within their degree ....................................................................................................................... 20
5.6 Answers to open form questions............................................................................................................. 24
6. Discussion .......................................................................................................................................................... 26
7. Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................................... 28
8. Recommendations......................................................................................................................................... 30
9. Acknowledgements....................................................................................................................................... 31
10. References ....................................................................................................................................................... 32