The employability of graduates

Differences between universities

Bibliographic Data

ID4098829
AuthorsJim Taylor (0000-0002-5461-1582, Lancaster University, corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume11
Issue1
Pages17-27
Publication date1986-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075078612331378431
OpenAlexW2168245056
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited1

League tables which show which universities do well and which do badly in getting graduates into jobs have received increasing attention in recent years, especially as a result of the current interest in constructing performance indicators for universities. This paper examines whether a suitable indicator of graduate employability can be constructed from the annual survey of the first destinations of new graduates. Indicators can be constructed based either on the percentage of graduates who proceed to a permanent job or on the percentage of graduates who are still unemployed at the date of the survey. The main finding is that differences between universities in both of these indicators are largely accounted for by corresponding differences in subject mix. The paper also points to several critical weaknesses inherent in the first destinations data. Finally, it is shown that league tables constructed from an indicator based upon the estimated graduate unemployment rate (corrected for subject mix differences between universities) are very unstable over time

Economic growth · Economics · Employability · Higher education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Higher Education and Employability · Higher Education Learning Practices · Psychology

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