HC Deb 24 July 1972 vol 841 cc215-7W
63. Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of graduates with further degrees at present unemployed and in temporary employment analysed by subject, university, and master's or doctor's degrees, over the past five years.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Figures are available only for university graduates and only in respect of those graduated in 1971, since this was the first year in which the statistics were analysed to show those unemployed and those in temporary employment.

Following are the details:

HIGHER DEGREE GRADUATES IN ACADEMIC YEAR 1970–71 UNEMPLOYED OR IN TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT

GREAT BRITAIN

BY SUBJECT, UNIVERSITY AND LEVEL OF DEGREE

University or College Believed to be unemployed at 31st December, 1971 In temporary employment at 31st December, 1971
ENGLAND
Aston 1 1
Bath
Birmingham 3 1
Bradford 2
Bristol 1 3
Believed to be unemployed at 31st December, 1971 In temporary employment at 31st December 1971
Brunel 1
Cambridge 7
City 1
Durham 1 3
East Anglia 1
Essex 4 1
Exeter
Hull
Keele 1
Kent
Lancaster
Leeds 7 5
Leicester 5 1
Liverpool 2
London Graduate School of Business Studies
London University 25 36
Loughborough 4
Manchester School of Business Studies
Manchester 6 4
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 8
Newcastle 3 1
Nottingham 4 1
Oxford 1 13
Reading 2
Salford
Sheffield
Southampton 4 8
Surrey 1 2
Sussex 2 6
Warwick 1
York 1 3
WALES
Aberystwyth University College
Bangor 1 1
Cardiff University College 3
St. David's, Lampeter
Swansea University College 1
Welsh National School of Medicine
University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology
Scotland
Aberdeen 1 l
Dundee 1
Edinburgh 5 1
Glasgow
Heriot-Watt 2
St. Andrews
Stirling 1 1
Strathclyde
Total 99 108
Subject Group
Education 1 3
Studies allied to Medicine and Health 3 2
Engineering and Technology 21 10
Believed to be unemployed at 31st December, 1971 In temporary employment at 31st December, 1971
Agriculture and Forestry 3 3
Science 49 45
Social, Administrative and Business Studies 16 12
Architecture and Town Planning 1 3
Language, Literature and Area Studies 6 12
Arts other than Languages 9 18
Total 99 108
Type of Degree
Doctorates 30 39
Others 69 69
Total 99 108
Source: University Grants Committee Statistics on First Employment of University Graduates. 1970–71

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