What do Bristol Postgraduates do?
Over 1,500 Bristol postgraduates were contacted in April 2011 and January 2012, as part of the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey (DLHE).
All UK and EU leavers were included, but not those from outside the EU. An overall response rate of 71% was achieved (over 1000 replies).
Known Destinations of Taught Postgraduates 2010/11
- Full-time paid work - 59.6% (62.4)
- Part-time paid work - 8.6% (7.3)
- Voluntary/unpaid work - 4.0% (2.3)
- Work and study - 6.2% (5.3)
- Further study - 9.4% (11.9)
- Assumed to be unemployed - 6.4% (4.4)
- Not available for employment* - 1.8% (3.0)
- Other - 1.2% (1.0)
- Refusal - 2.9% (2.5)
2009/10 figures in brackets
* Not available for employment mostly means travelling but also includes those who are permanently unable to work, temporarily sick, retired, or looking after the home or family.
Known Destinations of Research Postgraduates 2010/11
- Full-time paid work - 72.9% (77.1)
- Part-time paid work - 6.5% (3.1)
- Voluntary/unpaid work - 0.3% (1.0)
- Work and study - 4.8% (4.4)
- Further study - 5.8% (4.1)
- Assumed to be unemployed - 4.1% (3.8)
- Not available for employment* - 2.4% (2.4)
- Other - 1.0% (0.3)
- Refusal - 2.1% (3.8)
2009/10 figures in brackets
* Not available for employment mostly means travelling but also includes those who are permanently unable to work, temporarily sick, retired, or looking after the home or family.
Further Destinations Information
- Due to the small number of students on most postgraduate courses, we do not publish detailed destinations information for individual subjects, for data protection reasons. However, if you are exploring possible careers options for your subject area, it can be helpful to get ideas from the undergraduate destinations data. This contains more detailed information about occupations and employers. Around 50% of graduate jobs in the UK are open to graduates and postgraduates from any discipline.
- What do researchers do? National career profiles and destinations information.
- Our case studies feature over 75 postgraduates, who reveal how their qualification has helped them in their current employment, as well as providing some great hints and tips for those currently job hunting.
- You may also be interested in gaining career insights from our Careers Network volunteers.