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» Survey Response | | Men | 1379 | | Women | 376 | | Total in survey | 1755 | | Total number graduating | 2079 | | % in survey | 84.4% | | |
» Destinations  |
| a: | In UK employment [for breakdown, see types of work below] | 53.2% | | b: | In overseas employment | 1.8% | | c: | Studying in the UK for a higher degree | 27.5% | | d: | Studying in the UK for a diploma, certificate or professional qualification in teaching (including PGCE) | 2.7% | | e: | Undertaking other further study or training in the UK | 2.6% | | f: | Undertaking further study or training overseas | 0.7% | | g: | Not available for employment, study or training | 5.4% | | h: | Believed to be unemployed | 5.6% | | i: | Seeking employment, study or training but not unemployed | 0.5% |
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» Types of work | | Breakdown for category 'a' above: Physics graduates working in the UK | | Men | 742 | | Women | 192 | | Total entered work in UK | 934 | 
[ Categories which are less than or equal to 1% are added together to form the 'other' category in the chart above. These are shown in italics in the table below. ] |
| a: | Marketing, sales, PR & advertising | 2.0% | | b: | Commercial, industrial & public sector managers | 8.9% | | c: | Scientific research, analysis & development occupations | 10.4% | | d: | Engineering professionals | 7.8% | | e: | Health professionals | 0.1% | | f: | Teaching professionals | 1.3% | | g: | Business & finance professionals | 8.7% | | h: | Information technology professionals
(click here for further breakdown of these occupations) | 22.4% | | i: | Nursing & health associate professionals | 0.9% | | j: | Business & finance associate professionals | 3.1% | | k: | Media, literary, design & sports professionals | 3.4% | | l: | Other professional, associate professional & technical occupations | 5.9% | | m: | Numerical clerks & cashiers | 2.0% | | n: | Other clerical & secretarial occupations | 11.1% | | o: | Retail assistants, catering, waiting & bar staff | 4.0% | | p: | Health & childcare related occupations | 0.7% | | q: | Armed forces & public protection service occupations | 0.6% | | r: | Other occupations | 4.3% | | s: | Unknown occupations | 2.4% | for a fuller description of these categories go here. |
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