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Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education report, 2007

The DLHE survey is conducted 6 months after graduation.

American and Canadian Studies

Summary of statistics

Students studying this type of course develop a range of skills including the ability to lead and participate in discussions, an awareness of different, interpretations of issues and events, the ability to formulate and solve problems, develop opinions and new ideas, and think and working creatively with others. Such skills can be used in a variety of occupations. From the 2006/7 cohort, 65% of students have entered employment and are using the transferable skills developed by studying their degree for a wide variety of occupations ranging from graduate level positions in advertising and marketing to entry level jobs in the media (a common route of entry into the sector). 18% of graduates have gone into further study; some have chosen to pursue vocational courses in order to convert to a particular career and others are pursuing courses related to their degree.

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DLHE statistics - undergraduates

There were 32 known destinations in 2007 from a total of 45 undergraduates:

  • Full-time paid work only 18
  • Part-time paid work only 1
  • Self Employed 1
  • Voluntary/Unpaid work 0
  • Work and Further study 2
  • Further study only 4
  • Assumed to be unemployed 1
  • Not available for employment 0
  • Refuse to participate 1
  • Other 5

Total Responders 33

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DLHE statistics - postgraduates

There were 8 known destinations in 2007 from a total of 13 postgraduates:

  • Full-time paid work only 5
  • Part-time paid work only 1
  • Self Employed 0
  • Voluntary / Unpaid work 0
  • Work and Further study 0
  • Further study only 1
  • Assumed to be unemployed 1
  • Not available for employment 0
  • Refuse to participate 0
  • Other 0

Total Responders 8

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Examples of employers

  • Victoria Theatre
  • Parthenon Entertainment
  • Avon and Somerset Constabulary
  • Intelligent Marketing
  • Savi Media
  • Script factory
  • WPP Advertising
  • Foundation for International Education

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Examples of occupations

  • Casual front of house
  • Production assistant
  • Crime recorder
  • Account executive
  • Production assistant
  • Runner
  • Graduate trainee
  • Student life coordinator

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Further study – examples of courses

  • Exercise to music
  • MA History of Film and Television
  • MA Museum Studies
  • MPhil French
  • MSc International Security

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