University Graduates ‘Forced To Make Do With Bar Jobs’
With a large numbers of university graduates being forced to find low-skilled jobs after failing to secure graduate employment, Lord Baker (a former education secretary) notes that students taking arts and humanities courses are most likely to fall under this category.
According to the telegraph, Lord Bakers’ report includes a list of graduates who found work in retail, catering, waiting and bar jobs six months after graduating from British Universities in 2012.
The list is broken down by degree subject studied:
Fine arts | 29% | ||||
Media studies | 26.7% | ||||
Performing arts | 23.5% | ||||
Design | 23.1% | ||||
Sociology | 22.7% | ||||
Physical and geographical sciences | 22.1% | ||||
History | 21.1% | ||||
English | 21.4% | ||||
Biology | 20.8% | ||||
Law | 19.8% | ||||
Psychology | 18.9% | ||||
Geography | 18.8% | ||||
Sports science | 17.4% | ||||
Marketing | 15.9% | ||||
Politics | 15.4% | ||||
Languages | 15.2% | ||||
All employed graduates | 13.7% | ||||
Business and management studies | 13.7% | ||||
Chemistry | 13.1% | ||||
Finance and accountancy | 11.3% | ||||
Computer science and IT | 10.5% | ||||
Maths | 9.3% | ||||
Physics | 9% | ||||
Electrical and electronic engineering | 8.8% | ||||
Economics | 7.9% | ||||
Architecture and building | 7.9% | ||||
Mechanical engineering | 5.6% | ||||
Civil engineering | 4.7% |
source: http://bit.ly/1kWOizT
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