The bar chart below depicts the information about UK graduates and postgraduates learners who did part-time work after leaving tertiary education in 2008.
Overall, most graduates and postgraduates chose to continue with further study, while voluntary work is the least popular option for both groups.
With graduates, around 29,665 students decided to do further study. This is followed by part-time work (17,735) and unemployment (16,235). There is only 3,500 graduates who did voluntary work, making it the least common.
In comparison, for postgraduates, further study also had the highest number with 2,725, slightly more than part-time work with 2,535. Around 1,625 postgraduates were unemployed, and only 345 did voluntary work.
In summary, the number of graduate students is significantly higher in all categories than postgraduates. For instance, the number of graduates who continued studying was more than ten times the number of postgraduates.
