More Newcastle University students are finding top level jobs, despite the economic downturn, according to new Government statistics.
The employment rate among Newcastle University graduates from last summer, 2010, has risen to over 94%, up 2.7% on the previous year, says the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) from the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
And the jobs they get are overwhelmingly graduate level, at 77.7%, showing the benefit of a Newcastle University degree.
The unemployment rate rose during the period covered by the new figures, although figures this week showed the number of jobless in the region fell by 8,000 to 9.5% last month.
Director of the university’s careers service Nick Keeley said: “There is a very false perception that there are very few graduate jobs available and even less in the North East.
“Almost 50% of our graduates who go into employment do so in the North East and the vast majority of these are in graduate level jobs.
“As a careers service and as a university, we have created a range of innovative and exciting schemes and programmes to bring our students and local graduate employers together. The result is that lots of our graduates don’t have to move away from the region to get a top graduate job, which is good for them and good for the region.”
Vanessa Lawrence, 22, from Gosforth, who graduated last summer with a 2:1 degree in marketing and management, got a business development job in Washington after doing 100 hours’ work experience. She said: “Any students who are thinking of doing a degree should be confident that going to the right university and putting the work in can put you on the path to the right career.”
Source: Nebusiness.co.uk, Friday 17th June 2011
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