1、WHAT DOGRADUATES DO?2023Insights and analysis from the UKs largest higher education surveyProspects is now part of JiscWhat do graduates do?2023ForewordIt is always informative to read What do graduates do?and this year is no exception.Graduate Outcomes data for the 2019/20 graduating class shows wh

2、at AGCAS members and other experts had been expecting:employment rates were similar to normal years,and slightly better than the previous cohort.There currently appears to be real competition for talent,although the graduate labour market is not homogenous and there are significant regional and sect

3、or variations.Addressing regional inequalities is a key strategic area for AGCAS,and university careers services are the gatekeepers to regional labour market information and knowledge of local skills shortages.AGCAS member careers and employability experts are leading on essential coordinated work

4、in their areas to generate graduate-level roles.You can read more about this work from AGCAS President-elect Paul Gratrick.Sadly,we have seen no improvement in reducing inequality in outcomes for particular groups of students.Despite the commitment and innovation from both careers services and emplo

5、yers,this years Graduate Outcomes data shows that 59.3%of white graduates were in full-time employment 15 months after graduation compared with 51.3%of BAME graduates.These headline figures disguise a more complex picture.As the AGCAS Equality,Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group note,employabilit

6、y outcome gaps will not be closed by focusing on ethnicity in isolation.The Graduate Outcomes survey gives us one way of measuring graduate success.However,it is ultimately the graduates themselves who should decide if their university experience has been valuable.Finding new ways to gather and resp