1、Graduate employment outcomesMay 2024Analysis by Universities UKGRADUATE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES 2Despite evidence to the contrary,there is a continuing charge of poor quality courses-or that higher education provides little benefit to individuals some parts of the media and government.The Office for Stu
2、dents(OfS)acknowledges that 99%of students in England are on courses where employment outcomes satisfy requirements.There is a risk that an unevidenced focus on low quality despite the evidence will impact on the real benefits that higher education providers to individuals and local areas.Background
3、 Proportion of students with progression outcomes below quality thresholdsSource:Office for Students key performance measures 3To inform this debate,Universities UK(UUK)analysed a range of data sources looking at employment and earnings outcomes of graduates,how these change after time,and how they
4、compare to those non-graduates who could have gone to university but didnt.This analysis allows us to go beyond standard measures used by the regulator and government,that focus on outcomes 15 months after graduation.This includes use of official government data that links student and tax records,to
5、 track and compare the earnings of graduates and those non-graduates who could have attended university,over a period of 15 years.Our analysis focuses on:1.Earnings pathways for graduates and non-graduates 2.Patterns of employment outcomes for graduatesScope of analysisGRADUATE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES 4
6、The bulk of this analysis is based on data published by the Department of Education(DfE)on graduate outcomes,including:Longitudinal Education Outcomes(LEO):post-16 education and labour market activities and outcomes.This looks at the employment outcomes for those individuals who finished their GCSEs