THE UNIVERSITY of Worcester has hit an all-time record after reaching the top 20 best English universities for graduate employment, new figures have revealed.
According to official statistics released by the UK’s Higher Education Statistics Agency, out of every 24 of Worcester’s class of 2015 graduates, 23 were in work or further study within six months.
The University’s 95.8% employment success puts Worcester in joint 17th of English higher education institutions – excluding specialist medical, agricultural, drama and art institutions – in the agency’s annual Performance Indicator tables for employment.
The results are twice as high as the Midlands’ longest established university, the University of Birmingham, which was ranked 35th.
This latest achievement comes on top of earlier successes as Worcester was the UK’s most improved university for research in 2014, according to the Research Excellence Framework and was one of the five highest risers in 2015 for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey.
University Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive, Professor David Green, said: “We are delighted, but not surprised to find ourselves in the top 20 English universities for graduate employment.
“We have worked hard to build employability into our courses, with students having many opportunities to take well-organised work placements, workshops and learn highly relevant skills for employment.
“We run an extensive and very popular Earn as You Learn programme, and actively seek to develop entrepreneurial abilities and approaches in our students who are increasingly going one to start their own businesses.”
