HC Deb 24 April 2002 vol 384 cc310-1W
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of female engineering graduates with(a) first degrees and (b) higher degrees gained employment directly related to their field of study upon graduation in (i) 2001, (ii) 1996, (iii) 1991 and (iv) 1986. [43584]

Margaret Hodge

[holding answer 19 March 2002]: The latest available information is shown in the table. Figures for graduates in 2001 will be available in June 2002.

First destinations of female graduates1 from engineering and technology courses
Year of graduation and level of course Total graduates with known destination Of which, percentage employed in engineering2 occupations
1986
Universities3:
Higher degrees 169 12
First degrees 593 39
Polytechnics3:
First degrees 264 30
1991
Universities3:
Higher degrees 229 16
First degrees 929 27
Polytechnics3:
First degrees 300 23
First destinations of female graduates1 from engineering and technology courses
Year of graduation and level of course Total graduates with known destination Of which, percentage employed in engineering2 occupations
1996
All HE institutions3:
Higher degrees 568 28
First degrees 2,466 24
2000
All HE institutions3:
Higher degrees 514 31
First degrees 2,007 21
1 Home and overseas students. Full-time and sandwich courses only.
2 Based on the employment position of the graduate six months after graduation. In 1994–95 the occupational classifications were revised, so in 1986 and 1991 the figures cover those employed in engineering and allied industries, building, civil engineering and architecture, and in 1996 and 2000 they cover those employed in occupations classed as engineering and technology.
3 Prior to 1994–95, separate surveys were conducted and published by the USR (covering higher degree and first degree graduates from institutions in the UK funded by the Universities Funding Council), and the DfES (covering first degree graduates from the former polytechnics in England and Wales); as from 1994–95, HESA collected and published data for all graduates in all HE institutions in the UK.

Source:

First Destination surveys conducted by the Universities Statistical Record (USR), the DfES, and the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).