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Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education report, 2007

The DLHE survey is conducted 6 months after graduation.

Drama and Theatre Studies

Summary of statistics

Drama and theatre arts graduates develop a very wide range of skills and qualities during their degree. The performance element of the course particularly develops communication, team working and confidence, whilst other course modules develop time management, critical and analytical skills. For those that have entered employment (64% including work and study), graduates are using these transferable skills in a wide variety of occupations ranging from media sales and management to events and arts administration. In common with humanities students in general, a significant percentage of the 2006/7 cohort (30% including work and study) have gone into further study and are pursuing vocational courses including acting, journalism and PGCE courses.

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DLHE statistics - undergraduates

There were 52 known destinations in 2007 from a total of 65 undergraduates:

  • Full-time paid work only 17
  • Part-time paid work only 9
  • Self Employed 3
  • Voluntary / Unpaid work 0
  • Work and Further study 4
  • Further study only 11
  • Assumed to be unemployed 4
  • Not available for employment 0
  • Refuse to participate 0
  • Other 4

Total Responders 52

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DLHE statistics - postgraduates

There were 5 known destinations in 2007 from a total of 14 postgraduates:

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

Total Responders 5

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Examples of employers

  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Frank Maricham Community School
  • Space and Time Media LTD
  • Kate Dourd Casting
  • Meri Ski
  • Creative Education

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Examples of occupations

  • Tours and special project assistant
  • Special educational needs teaching assistant
  • Account executive
  • Casting assistant for film and TV
  • Self employed actor
  • Chalet manager
  • Freelance radio producer
  • Events officer

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Further study – examples of courses

  • MA Acting
  • MA Sports Broadcast Journalism
  • PGCE Primary
  • Spanish
  • Writing
  • Flying Start vocational training
  • English and American Studies
  • PGCE Secondary

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