Employment Statistics
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Where do Harper Adams students go after leaving Higher Education?
What our 2008/9 graduates were doing six months after completing their studies:
- Graduates Employed: 78.5%
- Graduates not available for employment or study: 13.8%
- Graduates in Further Study: 2.7%
- Unemployed: 3.1%
The data below shows the proportion of what all our students (degree and sub-degree) were doing:
| 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students in Employment | 74% | 77% | 64% | 59% | 62% |
| Students in Further Study | 11.4% | 8% | 10% | 18% | 16% |
| Students in Employment and Further Study | - | 10% | 17% | 12% | 9% |
| Unemployed and Seeking Work or Study | 3.4% | 3% | 0.5% | 2% | 3% |
| Students not available for work or study | 10.1% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 9% |
| Other | 1.1% | 2.5% | 1% | 1% |
Figure 1 Student Data 2008/09
The proportion of graduates who are unemployed has increased slightly. The market for students remained competitive in the reporting period 2008/9. Employers are keen to recruit graduates with high level skills high academic achievement, good and effective communicators. Evidence suggests that for the reporting period 2007/8 employment in the land based sector, although competitive, has been protected somewhat compared with other areas of employment.
Favourable employment prospects in the early part of 2008 and then the change in the economic climate in autumn 2008, resulted in fewer students opting to travel in this reporting period. 2007/8 sees the lowest year for students travelling in the last 10 years. Evidence in the Careers Service suggests that in the reporting period 2008/9 this trend could be reversed.
