Graduates: Employment
(asked on 9th September 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of students from each ethnic group were (a) working, (b) studying and (c) unemployed six months after leaving higher education.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on leavers from UK Higher Education Institutions. Statistics on the proportion of full-time first degree leavers from each ethnic group who were working, studying and unemployed six months after graduation can be found in the table. Employment has risen and unemployment has fallen for graduates of all ethnic groups in 2011/12 and 2012/13.
Information on leavers at UK Higher Education Institutions in the academic year 2013/14 will become available from Higher Education Statistics Agency in June 2015.
However the most recent Labour Force Survey from August 2014 confirms that employment for recent graduates has continued to rise sharply and unemployment continued to fall over the last year.
Destination of UK domiciled (1) full-time first degree leavers six months after graduation
UK Higher Education Institutions
Academic Year 2010/11(2) to 2012/13
Work
| White | Black | Asian | Other (including mixed) | Not Known | Total Known |
10/11 | 65%
| 56%
| 56%
| 59%
| 57%
| 64%
|
11/12 | 69% | 60%
| 60%
| 62%
| 61%
| 67%
|
12/13 | 71% | 66% | 64% | 67% | 64% | 70% |
Work and further study
| White | Black | Asian | Other (including mixed) | Not Known | Total Known |
10/11 | 8%
| 7%
| 9%
| 7%
| 8%
| 8%
|
11/12 | 6%
| 5%
| 6%
| 5%
| 5%
| 6%
|
12/13 | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 5% |
Further study
| White | Black | Asian | Other (including mixed) | Not Known | Total Known |
10/11 | 14%
| 15%
| 17%
| 17%
| 18%
| 14%
|
11/12 | 13%
| 13%
| 16%
| 16%
| 16%
| 14%
|
12/13 | 13% | 12% | 15% | 14% | 16% | 13% |
Unemployed
| White | Black | Asian | Other (including mixed) | Not Known | Total Known |
10/11 | 11%
| 20%
| 16%
| 16%
| 15%
| 13%
|
11/12 | 8%
| 17%
| 14%
| 12%
| 13%
| 9%
|
12/13 | 7% | 13% | 12% | 9% | 9% | 8% |
Other (e.g. taking time out to travel)
| White | Black | Asian | Other (including mixed) | Not Known | Total Known |
10/11 | 1%
| 2%
| 1%
| 2%
| 1%
| 1%
|
11/12 | 5%
| 5%
| 4%
| 5%
| 5%
| 5%
|
12/13 | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 4% |
Source: Destination of Leavers in Higher Education in the UK
Notes:
1. Domicile refers to the student’s postcode or permanent address prior to entering their course.
2. The way employment activity was recorded changed in 2011/12 therefore figures for 2010/11 are not on the same basis as 2011/12 and 2012/13
3. Percentages have been rounded, therefore the sum of components may not add up to the total.