Research

Graduate Market Trends (GMT)

Graduate Market Trends (GMT) is Graduate Prospects' quarterly review of the graduate labour market, featuring articles on topical issues, reviews of recent reports, and our own graduate salary and vacancy surveys. Data for the salary and vacancy surveys include:

What Do Graduates Do? (WDGD)

What Do Graduates Do? (WDGD) is an annual publication featuring the destinations of first degree graduates by subject six months after graduation, and is produced jointly by Graduate Prospects, the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) and the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). The data used comes from the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey (previously the First Destination Survey), collated by careers services and the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). The data published in WDGD is supported by articles and editorials written by members of the AGCAS Education Liaison Task Group. The online version of WDGD features additional content not available in the paper publication. Paper copies can be obtained from UCAS (tel: 01242 544610).

What Do Postgraduates Do?

What Do Postgraduates Do? (WDPD) is an online resource produced by Graduate Prospects, featuring information on the destinations of postgraduates from PGCE and Masters degree courses, six months after they gained their qualifications. Like WDGD mentioned earlier, the data comes from the DLHE survey.

What Do Masters Graduates Do?

This report looks at the destinations of Masters graduates from 2005, and examines the outcomes of this group of university leavers in comparison to those of 2004.

Futuretrack: Applying for Higher Education - Career Choices and Plans

This report for the Futuretrack Study provides the preliminary findings from the Wave 1 investigation of the "class of 2006" applicants for Higher Education who applied through the UCAS to study on full-time courses

Research Notes

Research Notes are short summaries of findings from research or development projects concisely written for busy professionals. The Research Notes series also includes titles that explore issues emerging from work-in-progress and professional developments and techniques

The changing context of career practice

Identifies the frequent and fundamental policy driven changes that have occurred in the structures of guidance provision. These have taken place within the context of changes to the way in which individuals enter and progress through the labour market.

For information on research commissioned by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU), the charity arm of Graduate Prospects, please visit www.hecsu.ac.uk.

In addition to these ongoing research projects, we have a wealth of data relating to the graduate market from salary and employment figures, to data concerning diversity and employment overseas. For further information, either search the archives on Prospects.ac.uk or contact us.