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Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education report, 2007

The DLHE survey is conducted 6 months after graduation.

Philosophy

Summary of statistics

Philosophy graduates traditionally enter a wide range of employment areas. Skills gained from the course include: good articulation; precise analytical thought; clarity; rigour formulating complex problems; and the ability to analyse and construct sound arguments. The majority of graduates from the 2006/7 cohort have gone into employment and are using these transferable skills in a variety of occupations ranging from the civil service to finance. Those students who have gone into further study are pursuing a mixture of vocational courses to convert to a particular career area and non-vocational courses related to their degree programme.

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DLHE statistics - undergraduates

There were 22 known destinations in 2007 from a total of 43 undergraduates:

  • Full-time paid work only 10
  • Part-time paid work only 1
  • Self Employed 2
  • Voluntary / Unpaid work 0
  • Work and Further study 2
  • Further study only 3
  • Assumed to be unemployed 2
  • Not available for employment 1
  • Refuse to participate 0
  • Other 1

Total responders 22

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DLHE statistics - postgraduates

There were 5 known destinations in 2007 from a total of 18 postgraduates:

  • Full-time paid work only 3
  • Part-time paid work only 2
  • Self Employed 0
  • Voluntary / Unpaid work 0
  • Work and Further study 0
  • Further study only 0
  • Assumed to be unemployed 0
  • Not available for employment 0
  • Refuse to participate 0
  • Other 0

Total responders 5

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Examples of employers

  • Slick Events/The Yardbird
  • Sinclairs
  • Elite Publishing
  • Self-employed
  • House of Commons
  • Grace Personnel
  • South Birmingham College

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Examples of occupations

  • Sound engineer/rigger
  • Trainee chartered accountant
  • Publicist
  • Musician
  • Assistant clerk to the scrutiny unit (fast stream entry)
  • Financial assistant
  • Learner support assistant

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Further study - examples of courses

  • ACA
  • MPhil Philosophy
  • PGCE

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