This Statistical First Release (SFR) has been produced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), in collaboration with statisticians from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG), the Scottish Government (SG) and the Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DEL(NI)). It has been released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. It provides details of the destinations of leavers from higher education (HE) who obtained qualifications in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK), during the academic year 2008/09. The data presented draws on the 2008/09 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) record.
Table 1 shows the Destinations of full-time UK and Other EU domiciled leavers obtaining HE qualifications by level of qualification obtained and gender, 2008/09, 2007/08 and 2006/07.
Table 1a shows the Destinations of full-time UK and Other EU domiciled leavers obtaining HE qualifications by location of institution and level of qualification obtained, 2008/09, 2007/08 and 2006/07.
Table 2 shows the Destinations of part-time UK and Other EU domiciled leavers obtaining HE qualifications by level of qualification obtained and gender, 2008/09, 2007/08 and 2006/07.
Table 2a shows the Destinations of part-time UK and Other EU domiciled leavers obtaining HE qualifications by location of institution and level of qualification obtained, 2008/09, 2007/08 and 2006/07.
Table 3 shows the Destinations of full-time UK and Other EU domiciled first degree graduates by subject area of degree and gender, 2008/09, 2007/08 and 2006/07.
Table 4a shows the Occupation of full-time UK and Other EU domiciled first degree graduates entering employment in the UK by location of institution and subject area of degree, 2008/09, 2007/08 and 2006/07.
Table 4b shows the Industry of full-time UK and Other EU domiciled first degree graduates entering employment in the UK by location of institution and subject area of degree, 2008/09, 2007/08 and 2006/07.
Table 5 shows UK domiciled leavers who obtained first degree qualifications and entered full-time paid employment in the UK by location of institution, mode of study and salary, 2008/09 and 2007/08.
Table 6a shows the Geographical distribution of full-time UK domiciled leavers who entered employment within the UK by location of study, level of qualification obtained and location of employment, 2008/09, 2007/08 and 2006/07.
Table 6b shows the Geographical distribution of full-time UK domiciled leavers who entered employment within the UK by domicile, level of qualification obtained and location of employment 2008/09, 2007/08 and 2006/07.