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Arts, creative arts and humanities : Art and design

Who responded?

The figures below tell you how many people graduated in 2009/10 with arts and design degrees, how many answered the survey and what the gender balance is for this cohort.

  • Female 8,360 
  • Male 4,325
  • Total in survey 12,685
  • Total at graduation 15,605

What were graduates doing six months after graduating?

Below is the breakdown of activities that graduates from 2009/10 were doing after they graduated, whether that was working, studying or looking for work.

a In UK employment 65.6%
b In overseas employment 1.6%
c Working and studying  5.2%
Studying in the UK for a higher degree 2.8%
e Studying in the UK for a teaching qualification 1.2%
f Undertaking other further study or training in the UK 2.0%
g Undertaking other further study or training overseas 0.2%
h Believed to be unemployed 11.3%
i Not available for employment, study or training 3.6%
Other 6.6%

What types of work did they go into?

This is a breakdown of the types of work graduates who were working full or part time, voluntary or unpaid, or combining work with further study in the UK went into, based on 9,185 graduates - 6,080 female and 3100 male.

Marketing, sales and advertising professionals 5.5%
Commercial, industrial and public sector managers 6.5%
Scientific research, analysis and development professionals 0.0%
Engineering professionals 0.9%
Health professionals and associate professionals 0.4%
Education professionals 2.3%
Business and financial professionals and associate professionals 1.8%
Information technology professionals 1.1%
Arts, design, culture and sports professionals 33.3%
Legal professionals 0.0%
Social and welfare professionals 1.1%
Other professionals, associate professional and technical occupations 2.4%
Numerical clerks and cashiers  0.7%
Other clerical and secretarial occupations 6.0%
Retail, catering, waiting and bar staff 24.7%
Other occupations 13.2%
Unknown occupations 0.2%

In detail: Arts, design, culture and sports professionals

The table below shows a more detailed breakdown of occupations within the arts, design, culture and sports professionals group.

Commercial artists     8.4% 
Artists (fine art) 6.0%
Clothing designers 3.3%
Graphic artists and designers 2.7%
Product, clothing and related designers 2.3%
Industrial designers 2.0%
Interior decoration designers 1.5%
Web designers 1.2%
Textile designers 1.0%
Photographers 0.9%
Other arts, design, culture amd sports professionals 3.9%
Total arts, design, culture and sports professionals
33.3%

 

Further information

 
Written by HECSU and AGCAS
Date: 
October 2011
 
 
 
 

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