Grovelands Graduate Insights - Spring Summer 2016

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Home location 66% of our group are White British with a wider ethnic diversity amongst our student respondents. Students and graduates were from universities from all over the UK including Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Sussex and Glasgow amongst others. We also gained a cross section of degree subjects covering Sciences, Economics, English and Humanities, Management and Marketing. SCOTLAND (5%) Respondents come from a wide variety of locations across the UK with some from much further afield. NORTH WEST ENGLAND (6%) NORTH EAST ENGLAND (2%) MIDLANDS (14%) EAST ANGLIA (5%) WALES (1%) EUROPEAN (6%) NON-EUROPEAN (5%) SOUTH WEST ENGLAND (32%) LONDON (4%) SOUTH EAST ENGLAND (20%) North East England Durham University Leeds Beckett University Newcastle University Northumbria University Teesside University University of Huddersfield University of Hull University of Sheffield University of Sunderland University of York North West England Blackpool and the Fylde College Lancaster University Liverpool John Moores University University of Central Lancashire University of Liverpool Midlands Aston University Birmingham City University Coventry University Keele University Oxford Brookes University University of Bedfordshire University of Birmingham University of Derby University of Leicester University of Lincoln University of Northampton University of Nottingham University of Wolverhampton East Anglia Anglia Ruskin University South East England Canterbury Christ Church University Northbrook College University of Brighton University of Chichester University of Essex University of Kent University of Portsmouth University of Surrey University of Sussex South West England Plymouth University University of Bath University of Bristol University of Exeter University of Gloucestershire University of the West of England London City College, London Drama Centre London London Metropolitan University London South Bank University Queen Mary University of London University College London University of East London University of Greenwich University of Hertfordshire University of Westminster Wales Bangor University Cardiff University University of Glamorgan Scotland Edinburgh Napier University Glasgow Caledonian University Heriot-Watt University University of Dundee University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow University of Strathclyde University of West Scotland European Politehnica University of Bucharest (Romania) Non-European San Ignacio de Loyola University (Peru) Acadia University (USA) Goa University (India)
Expectations vs realities This section examines student expectation of employment and how this matches up against the experiences of graduates. 20% of students said that they had no specific career plans after graduation. Of those who were decided, a broad range of careers were planned including Medicine, Teaching, Acting, Finance and Law. In April 2015, the Telegraph newspaper revealed the top 10 most popular subjects to study at university. Of these the majority were career specific – with Medicine the top result, Business Studies second, and Creative Art/Design came in third. In order to attract talent from the entire graduate pool, employers need to be accessible to students from a range of disciplines. 59% of employed graduates say their role is not specifically related to their degree. This suggests graduates are open to, and able to find, different career paths and so can be attracted to a range of businesses. 73% of graduates who are currently seeking work are looking for roles directly related to their degree specialism, which is in stark contrast to those who have found employment. One possible conclusion is that graduates who are open to differing employment routes and more adaptive to the opportunities open to them, succeed sooner in finding employment. 63% of existing students said they will not be completing a placement year as part of their degree; however 56% have completed some form of relevant work experience throughout their study – mainly in the form of summer internships. The most common total length of experience gained was 0-6months (39%); however 19% have gained up to a year of work experience alongside study. Of the graduates surveyed who have not found work, 63% have completed work experience of some kind; most commonly 0-6 months in length (43%). 57% of our graduate workers had not completed any work experience during their study. This suggests that a lack of work experience has not stood in the way of these graduates finding work. However, this contradicts graduate advice, which promotes the need for work experience. There are also varying requirements for work experience across different industries. Grovelands Graduate Insights | Spring/Summer 2016 | 9
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