Young and jobless graduates - BBC

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The BBC seem to be leading the charge for unemployed graduates at the moment, this morning they had two examples on the news, one who decided to start his own business after failing to find a job and seemed quite switched on (I'm guessing he did a science course going by his business in bicycle oils) and the other seemed your typical sociology graduate who didn't seem all the ticket and blamed her lack of experience for failing to get a job. However the BBC did not mention what they actually studied (hence my guessing which is probably not far off)

Surely, the area of study for the examples should be mentioned? It will give potential students an idea of whether a degree is worthwhile on the jobs market, or a waste of time. As it stands, many graduates seem to think they're entitled to the same job opportunities as a medical or law graduate with their social science /equestrian / street dance degree, and I just feel that if students were aware of the non-degree courses and how they're perceived by a potential employer, they might think twice about going for certain courses.

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Zod said:

Are there statistics for proportion unemployed by degree discipline? I suspect they would tell a completely unsurprising story.

I did search for statistics on it a while ago but came up with nothing, I guess it's a way of protecting courses and jobs in the education sector?

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Fittster said:

Happy82 said:

Zod said:

Are there statistics for proportion unemployed by degree discipline? I suspect they would tell a completely unsurprising story.

I did search for statistics on it a while ago but came up with nothing, I guess it's a way of protecting courses and jobs in the education sector?

Who exactly did you think should have those statistics?

I'd have thought a university would have an interest in the job prospects of their students, Worcester Uni were claiming that 90%+ of their graduates find jobs straight away so it was either a made up figure or the data was collected. If it was collected, it would be common sense to put it against an individual degree for promotion purposes.

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Benny Saltstein said:

If you punch in a course and university into this site it will give you a breakdown of where people end up in employment or otherwise.

http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/englishIndex.do?t=20...

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Sociology 25% w/grad job

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Chemistry 85%+ w.grad job

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Physics and Astronomy 75% w/grad job

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Law 60% w/grad job

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iphonedyou said:

From a sample of two?

Sadly, only two students now exist due to the increase in tuition fees so the data pool is quite limited.