I was looking at your ‘what graduates do’ statistics and I just wondered about the column entitled ‘employed in non graduate job’ by non graduate job do you mean a job they are over qualified for? Or is that just a job which is not specifically designed for graduates?
Also how accurate are these statistics, how is this data obtained?
Alison Patterson
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The data at:
http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=6439
which I believe is the Table you are referring to, is based on the official statistics of HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency, a Government organisation)
On this page it tells you that:
The Table is ranked by the sum of three ‘Positive’ Destinations:
* Employed in Graduate Job
* Employed in Graduate Job and Studying
* Studying and Not Employed
Source: HESA 2007-08
This is the most up-to-date, authoritative data currently available. We will be updating the Table in late Spring, as usual.
A non-graduate job is indeed a job a graduate would be over-qualified for eg shop assistant