The given graphs illustrate the position of graduates and postgraduates in the United Kingdom during 2008. This report will discuss the activities which students are engaged in after the completion of their studies.
Overall, the students are indulged in various types of occupations from part time work to further studies. Therefore, it could be seen that part time employment and further studies were the most popular choices among the graduates and postgraduates of 2008, in contrast to voluntary work, which was opted by many students, but their numbers remained marginal.
In 2008, Bachelor’s students were participating in a wide variety of career paths. However, further studies were the most chosen path by the students for their career, as over 29,000 students were enrolled in a higher education program. It was followed by part time work, where precisely 17,735 students were employed as a part time worker in an industry. Unemployment was also quite prominent during this period as more than 15,000 graduates were involved in neither studies nor any kind of work. Whereas, in contrast, voluntary work was chosen by the lowest number of students among all the graduates.
These similar choices were easily visible among postgraduate students too. That being the case, further studies remained most popular career decision among the 2,725 master’s students. Part time jobs also held significant importance in this period due to second most chosen career option by over 2500 postgraduates. However, Unemployed population of students were present in the group too. At last, minimal numbers of around 300 postgraduates were engaged in voluntary services.