1. The postgraduate labour market
Dr Charlie Ball
Head of HE Intelligence
Graduate Prospects

2. Masters

3. What do Masters graduates do?
58,275 graduates 43,220 Masters respondents , 43% studied part time. Overall 34,550 in work.

4. Full time Masters graduates

5. Masters graduates – types of work

6. Full time Masters graduate employment

7. Industry of Masters graduate employment
Hospitals
Universities
Government
General secondary education
Social work
Other human health activities
Engineering activities and related technical consultancy 735
Other education n.e.c
Primary education
Banking and monetary intermediation
Business and other management consultancy activities 500
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. 495
Post-secondary non-tertiary education
Defence activities
Computer programming activities
Legal activities
Artistic creation
Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy 410

8. Locations of Masters employment outside London
Surrey 615
Manchester 590
Edinburgh 570
Birmingham 550
Oxfordshire 525
Glasgow 520
Hertfordshire 470
Kent 465
Hampshire 460
Leeds 460
Belfast 430
Cambridgeshire 430

9. Doctorates

10. PhD outcomes
Response rates – 75.5% UK, 64.5% EU, 40.5% nonEU

11. PhD type of work 60% of Eu grads are working elsewhere in EU
62.7% of non-EU grads are working outside EU.
46% went into academia.

12. A brief section on MBA

13. MBA graduate outcomes
Response rates – 68.5% UK, 50.6% EU, 28.2% nonEU

14. MBA type of work
50% of Eu grads are working elsewhere in EU, 11% are outside the EU, 29% in London
63.7% of non-EU grads are working outside EU.

15. Scotland

16. Where do postgraduates from Scottish institutions work?

17. What do postgraduates working in Scotland do?

18. Where in Scotland do Masters from 2015 work?
Edinburgh 570
Glasgow 520
Aberdeen 320
Dundee 90
Fife 80
North Lanarkshire 65
Highland 65
Aberdeenshire 55
West Lothian 55
South Lanarkshire 50
Renfrewshire 50
Stirling 45
Perth and Kinross 40
Rest of Scotland 365

19. Summary
Evidence suggests that PG labour market has not yet fully recovered from recession.
Certain areas of vocational postgraduate employment are experiencing significant shortage (surveying, radiography, town planning, parts of engineering and social work especially)
Likely to be increased demand for PG but if labour market weakens, could affect outcomes
Most graduates will get positive outcomes.

20. Questions?

21. Dr Charlie Ball
Head of HE Intelligence
Graduate Prospects
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22. Supplementary slides

23. Masters degrees awarded to UK graduates in 2015
Psychology
Management studies
Academic studies in education
Business studies
Law
History
Social work
Politics
Others in subjects allied to medicine 1780
Clinical medicine
Nursing
English studies
Human resource management
Finance
In total
51,690

24. Masters degrees awarded to non UK graduates in 2015
Subject Non UK graduates
Business studies
Management studies
Finance
Law
Marketing
Economics
Politics
Design studies
Electronic & electrical engineering 2465
Computer science
Civil engineering
Total

25. First degrees most likely to lead to Masters in 2015
Psychology
History
Law
English
Sport & exercise science
Politics
Biology
Business studies
Sociology
Economics
Mathematics
Music
Physical geography
Computer science
Molecular biology, biophysics & biochemistry 350
Others in subjects allied to medicine 335
Human & social geography
Design studies
Management studies

26. Qualifications of UK workers 2004-2016
Data from Annual Population Survey, analysed using NOMIS

27. Net changes in UK professional labour market in 2016
Data from Annual Population Survey, analysed using NOMIS
So, in 10 years, we added about 2.5m (247770) graduate jobs – 247,000 a year
In the same period, there were 53,600 new non-grad jobs net