The latest figures from the Higher Education Statistical Agency (HESA) show that the UWE Bristol is ahead of all universities in the west of England for employment and further study of students who graduated in 2016.
These latest figures for the Employment of leavers - UK Performance Indicators 2015/16 are compiled annually to track the employment status of students at six months following graduation.
The stats show that UWE Bristol has 95.1% of graduates in employment at the six month threshold.
The figures are marginal with only a 2.1 differential between the top performing and lowest performing universities in the region. We will have the detailed comparative stats towards the end of this month.
|
HE provider |
Employment performance indicator (%) |
|
UWE Bristol |
95.1 |
|
University of Exeter |
94.9 |
|
University of South Wales |
94.9 |
|
Cardiff University |
94.8 |
|
Cardiff Metropolitan University |
94.8 |
|
University of Gloucestershire |
94.4 |
|
Bath Spa University |
93.9 |
|
University of Bristol |
93.2 |
|
University of Bath |
93.0 |
|
University of Plymouth |
93.0 |
Vice-Chancellor Steve West said:
Our positioning in the latest available HESA data is testament to the concerted effort we place on integrating skills needed by employers into all of our degree programmes.
