Destinations of Students Gaining Qualifications from Higher Education Institutions, 2005/06

The Bulletin
Statistical Bulletin 45/2007 (PDF 197kB)

This bulletin provides information on the destinations of students gaining higher education (HE) qualifications from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the UK in the academic year 2005/06. The bulletin includes data on Welsh domiciled qualifiers and those who studied at Welsh HEIs.

The data included here are taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency's (HESA) 2005/06 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) record.

2005/06 Summary

• Around three-quarters of both Welsh domiciled qualifiers (77 per cent) and qualifiers from Welsh institutions (75 per cent) entered some sort of work. 5 per cent were assumed to be unemployed, with the majority of the remainder entering study only.
• Qualifiers who studied at Welsh HEIs or had a Welsh domicile background were less likely to remain in Wales for employment when compared to other UK countries but are comparable to English regions.
• The proportions entering each destination activity type have shown only small changes over the period 2002/03 to 2005/06.

Contact:
Tel: 029 2082 5043
Email: he.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Further Information:
StatsWales website
Data on Destinations of Students Completing Initial Teacher Training Courses in Wales 2005/06, were published in a supplementary headline.

Next Update:
September 2008 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)