A 2011 HESA survey of 2010 graduates indicates that six months after graduation 11% of public administration and social policy graduates had taken up full-time postgraduate study, with a further 8% combining further study with work.

Graduates from this discipline have a wide range of postgraduate subjects to choose from. You might choose to specialise in an area that you were interested in during your undergraduate degree, like housing or urban regeneration. Other areas that you could go on to study include social diversity, criminal justice, social work, youth and community work and politics.

There are also many courses available that take graduates from any subject. These courses will help you to gain further skills in alternative career areas and include marketing, finance, business, law, IT, heritage and journalism. You are also eligible to train to be a secondary school teacher, particularly in the area of citizenship.

These trends show only what previous graduates in your subject did immediately upon graduating. Over the course of their career - the first few years in particular - many others will opt for some form of further study, either part time or full time. If further study interests you, start by thinking about postgraduate study in the UK and search courses and research to identify your options.

For details relating to finance and the application process, look at funding my further study.