The bar charts illustrate the number of graduates and postgraduates from the UK who chose part-time work, voluntary work, further studies, and unemployment rather than full-time jobs after they left college in the year 2008.
Overall, it is evident that the highest number of students preferred to continue their studies instead of moving to full-time work, while the lowest number of learners went for voluntary work after finishing their college in the given period.
The highest number of graduates, accounting for 29,665 from the United Kingdom, opted to study further in 2008, while 3,500 of the graduated learners went to do voluntary jobs rather than doing full-time paid work. Whereas, 17,735 of the students found their destinations in part-time roles, and the unemployment rate of graduates from the UK remained around 16,235 after completing their studies from college in 2008.
The number of postgraduate students who went to continue their studies is recorded as 2,725, and the number of postgraduates who got the opportunity to do work on a part-time basis was 210 less than those who went for further studies. On the other hand, 345 of the postgraduate students went for voluntary jobs, and around 1,625 students remained unemployed.