Untitled - Annual Report 2004 - The University of Western Australia

Indicator 1.4 Graduate DestinationsDestination of bachelor’s degree graduatesGraduate destinations in the first year followingcompletion of their course gives an indication of howwell the University meets individual, local (state) andnational needs.100%80%60%40%Unavailable for full-timestudy or full-timeemploymentAvailable for employment20%In full-time studyFigures in the following tables are based on the0%responses of approximately two-thirds of the nonoverseasgraduates who responded to the GraduateThe University of Western AustraliaAustralia2001 2002 2003 2004 2004Careers Council of Australia Graduate Destinations Surveys conducted in 2001 to 2004. They show that 82.0 per cent of bachelor’s degreegraduates from this University who were seeking employment had obtained their preferred mode of employment (i.e. full-time or part-time).This is slightly higher than the national figure of 80.7 per cent. The figures also show that the proportion of graduates who pursued furtherfull-time study was significantly higher than the national average (46.6 per cent as compared with 23.4 per cent).Destinations of Bachelor’s Degree Graduates (a) , UWA, 2001 to 2004 and Australia 2004The University of Western Australia Australia2001 2002 2003 2004 2004In full-time study 36.7% 43.4% 44.7% 46.6% 23.4%Available for employment 60.2% 49.4% 52.0% 51.1% 73.1%Unavailable for full-time study or full-time employment 3.1% 7.2% 3.3% 2.3% 3.5%Total percentage (b) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Total respondents 1,341 1,373 1,315 1,286 64,965Response rate (c) 61% 59% 55% 53% 62%(a)(b)(c)Destinations (as of 30 April) of students who completed bachelor’s degrees (including bachelor’s graduate entry degrees) in the previous year excludingoverseas residents.Discrepancies between the sums of component items and the totals are due to rounding.Number of respondents as a percentage of those surveyed.Destinations of Bachelor’s Degree Graduates who were Seeking Employment (a) ,UWA, 2001 to 2004 and Australia 2004The University of Western Australia Australia2001 2002 2003 2004 2004In desired mode of employment 85.3% 78.2% 81.1% 82.0% 80.7%In full-time employment 66.3% 71.2% 71.5% 75.6% 72.4%In part-time or casual employment, not seeking full-time employment 19.0% 6.9% 9.6% 6.4% 8.4%Seeking full-time employment, working part-time or casual 7.9% 10.5% 9.8% 9.7% 11.7%Seeking full-time employment, not working 5.6% 10.3% 7.6% 7.0% 6.7%Not working, seeking part-time or casual employment only 1.2% 1.0% 1.5% 1.2% 0.8%Total percentage (b) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Total respondents 807 678 684 657 47,455(a)(b)Destinations (as of 30 April) of students who completed bachelor’s degrees (including bachelor’s graduate entry degrees) in the previous year excludingoverseas residents who were seeking employment.Discrepancies between the sums of component items and the totals are due to rounding.86%84%In desired mode of employment82%80%78%76%74%2001 2002 2003 2004 2004The University of Western AustraliaAustralia90