Summary of Research into the Employment Outcomes of Graduates in the UK 1997 - 2001

CEL

The Council for Excellence in Management and Leadership (CEML) commissioned CEL to produce a series of reports on the findings of recent research into graduate employment destination . This research included a Graduate Survey into graduate employment destinations six months after graduation and a Tracking Survey into graduate employment experiences three years after graduation.

CEML wished to explore the university and labour market experiences of graduates who had read a course in management studies . This experience was evaluated by comparing the experiences of management studies graduates with the comparator groups of non-management studies graduates and engineers. The Tracking Survey identified a further group of graduates that had progressed to a position with supervisory responsibility over the three years following graduation. This group provided insight into both the profile of graduates that progressed to supervisory management at this early stage in their career, and was an additional comparative group for management studies graduates.

This report explores some of the key findings and issues arising from the research. Overall, management studies graduates experienced similar employment outcomes to the whole graduate cohort. Engineers, however, enjoyed better outcomes compared with both the whole cohort and management studies graduates.