A recent report by The Office for Students (OfS) has revealed that Durham University ranks in sixth place for graduate employment among non-specialised unversities in the UK. The report examined 131 UK universities.
In the overall ranking, which includes specialised universities such as the Royal Academy of Music or St. George’s Hospital Medical School, Durham features in ninth place, with 81.7 % of its graduates entering into employment or further study 15 months after graduating.
Durham University states on its website that “Durham […] has the highest graduate recruitment rate of any UK university”, referring to data from 2016 in the ‘Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Longitudinal Survey’. Durham is also ranked 88th for graduate employability prospects in the 2021 QS World University Rankings.
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Students have said it is unfair their £7,500-a-year university course has been mostly taught online because of the pandemic.
In-person activities for their masters degrees in screen performance and communications techniques at the University of Bedfordshire have not yet resumed.
Niamh Ray said: We re paying for something that we re not getting. It s affecting our ambitions, that we re not going to be getting where we want to be by the time we leave university.
The University of Bedfordshire insisted students had not missed out on any tuition. It said courses had been adapted to blend online and in-person teaching.
Less than half of students at some English universities can expect to find employment or further study shortly after graduation, an analysis suggests.
A new measure, published by the Office for Students (OfS), projects students’ likelihood of finding professional level employment, or embarking on further study, 15 months after they graduate.
The watchdog has found significant differences in the likely job and study outcomes among graduates of different universities and colleges.
At 25 universities and other higher education providers, the measure projects that less than half of students who begin a degree can expect to finish and find professional employment or further study within 15 months of graduation.