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Arts, creative arts and humanities : Performing arts

Who responded?

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

  • Female 5,145
  • Male 3,510
  • Total in survey 8,660
  • Total number graduating 10,880

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 62.0%
b In overseas employment 2.1%
c Working and studying 6.1%
d Studying in the UK for a higher degree 6.5%
e Studying in the UK for a teaching qualification 3.5%
f Undertaking other further study or training in the UK 2.7%
g Undertaking other further study or training overseas 0.3%
h Believed to be unemployed 8.7%
i Not available for employment, study or training 2.5%
j Other 5.6%

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 6,080 graduates - 3,675 female and 2,400 male.

Marketing, sales and advertising professionals 4.3%
Commercial, industrial and public sector managers 6.4%
Scientific research, analysis and development professionals 0.0%
Engineering professionals 0.2%
Health professionals and associate professionals 0.2%
Education professionals 11.6%
Business and financial professionals and associate professionals 2.8%
Information technology professionals 0.9%
Arts, design, culture and sports professionals 23.7%
Legal professionals 0.0%
Social and welfare professionals 2.6%
Other professionals, associate professional and technical occupations 1.0%
Numerical clerks and cashiers 1.2%
Other clerical and secretarial occupations 7.3%
Retail, catering, waiting and bar staff 23.0%
Other occupations 14.7%
Unknown occupations 0.1%

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.

Actors 4.8%
Musical instrument players 2.7%
Musicians 2.6%
Directors, producers 1.3%
Sound recordists, technicians, assistants 1.3%
Performing artists 1.0%
Stage and studio managers 1.0%
Dancers and choreographers 1.0%
Set designers (stage, etc) 0.7%
Other arts, design, culture and sports professionals 7.3%
Total arts, design, culture and sports professionals
23.7%

 

Further information

 
Written by HECSU and AGCAS
Date: 
October 2011
 
 
 
 

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