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The Destinations of Post Graduate Leavers From Higher Education 2015: Main Destinations

Main Destinations of 2014 Sussex UG Leavers

 

Table 1: Main destinations of 2014 Sussex PG leavers with historical Sussex and national comparative data. Unless otherwise stated, figures are given as percentages of total responses with actual numbers in brackets. 

 

Destination Categories

2015 Sussex

2015 National

 2014 Sussex

2014 National

2013 Sussex

2013 National

Employed

77% (667)

 

75% (553)

85% (80230)

71% (501)

85% (73485)

Further Study 

11% (97)

 

11% (84)

6% (6105)

13% (93)

 7% (5920)

Unemployed

3.7% (32)

 

8% (55)

5% (4240)

5% (38)

4% (3510)

Other

9% (74)

 

6% (44)

4% (3440)

16% (113)

4% (3720)

Total Responses

870

 

736

94015

707

  86635

Total in Survey

1193

1179

 

1,026

 

Response Rate

73%

62%

 

69%

 

Comment on Table 1

The data for class of 2015 postgraduate leavers reflects the much improved position graduates find themselves this year in comparison to previous years, particularly in relation to employment rates. The number of Sussex graduates in employment has moved to 77%. This is a 2% increase from the previous year, the further study rate has remained static at 11% 

Unemployment has been halved at 3.7%% from 8% in 2014 

Sussex 2012-2014 graduate destinations

Main destinations of UK and EU taught and research postgraduates