The table illustrates students job from four nations in the UK following their initial courses in 2001. In general, all 4 countries’ students’ main job were permanent employment. But it can be seen that students are less interested in overseas employment.
In Scotland, the main job was regular employment 43.6%. However, the temporary employment rate is twice as low as the previous job 20.2%. The job that students were least interested in was overseas employment, only 2.6% of students were employed in this job. In England, the difference between permanent employment and temporary employment is not so great, 33% for permanent employment and 23% for temporary work. The overseas job index was 2.3%.
In Wales, there was also a high interest in permanent jobs, with 30% of first-degree graduates employed in such positions. Temporary work had a lower rate at 12.4%. Overseas employment had the lowest result, similar to the other countries, at 2.9%. Northern Ireland had the lowest rates for all types of work overall, with 20% in permanent jobs and 8.6% in temporary jobs. However, Northern Ireland had the highest rate of overseas employment compared to all other countries, at 5%. In terms of total employment, Scotland led with 66.4%, England was second with 58.3%, Wales was third with 45.3%, and Northern Ireland was fourth with 33.6%.