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Annual survey of UK biochemistry graduate employment 2000
Table 1 Numbers of 2000 biochemistry graduates, of all levels, entering employment
| Type of employment |
First degree |
After
MSc
/MPhil |
After
PhD |
Total |
% of total
graduates
2000
(1999) |
| Class 1 and 2 |
Class 3/Pass |
1.1
Further biochemical study | 578 | 9 | 66 | 1 | 654 | 26.1%
(28.6%) |
1.2
Teacher Training | 63 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 2.8%
(3.6%) |
1.3
Non-biochemical study or training | 84 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 101 | 4.0%
(5.4%) |
1.4
Intercalating medical students | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1.6%
(1.2%) |
2.1
Research Appointments - Industry | 130 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 180 | 7.2%
(8.7%) |
2.2
Research appointments - Higher Education | 54 | 1 | 7 | 84 | 146 | 5.8%
(7.1%) |
2.3
Hospital Laboratories | 100 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 137 | 5.5%
(6.0%) |
2.4
Civil Service and Public Authority Laboratories | 49 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 2.2%
(2.1%) |
2.5
Non-laboratory Based Employment | 103 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 139 | 5.5%
(5.0%) |
2.6
Teaching-Higher Education | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 0.6%
(0.5%) |
3
Other Employment | 285 | 32 | 6 | 21 | 344 | 13.7%
(11.9%) |
4.1
British students-Employment abroad | 13 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 40 | 1.6%
(1.5%) |
4.2
British students-Study/training abroad | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0.4%
(0.3%) |
4.3
Overseas students-Returned home | 31 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 2.0%
(2.8%) |
5.1
Unplaced, not seeking employment | 82 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 93 | 3.7%
(3.2%)
|
5.2
Unplaced, seeking employment | 50 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 57 | 2.3%
(3.7%) |
6.1
Unknown | 255 | 54 | 30 | 41 | 380 | 15.2%
(8.3%) |
| TOTALS | 1934 | 149 | 190 | 235 | 2508 | |
Table 2 Patterns of employment for graduates of different levels
Data for 2083 first degree, 190 Masters and 235 PhD graduates eight months after graduation
| |
% total graduates |
| First degree | MSc | PhD |
| Overall | Class
1&2 | Class 3/
Pass | | |
Further biochemical study or training
UK
Abroad |
28.2
0.5 | 29.9
0.5 |
6.0
0 |
34.7
0.5 |
0.4
0 |
| Returned to medical studies | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Research in Universities and Research Institutes | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 35.7 |
| Research in Industry | 6.5 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 12.6 | 8.5 |
| Work in hospital/civil service/public authority labs. | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 12.6 | 2.6 |
| Science-based non-laboratory work | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.0 |
| Teacher training/ teaching | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
| Non-biochemical study or training | 4.6 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 2.1 | 0.9 |
| Non-science-based employment | 15.2 | 14.7 | 21.5 | 3.2 | 8.9 |
| British graduates working abroad, career unspecified | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0 | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| Overseas students returned home | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Unplaced, including those not currently seeking work | 6.7 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 3.0 |
| Unknown | 14.8 | 13.2 | 36.2 | 15.8 | 17.4 |
Table 3 Proportions of first degree graduates of different classes registering for a higher degree by research
Data from 29 pre-1992 and 5 post-1992 university Departments that were able to provide this information
| |
Class 1 |
Class 2.1 |
Class 2.2 |
No.
registered |
% Class
total |
No.
registered |
%
Class total |
No
registered |
%
Class total |
| Overall | 115 | 52.3% | 247 | 29.1% | 51 | 11.3% |
| Pre-1992 universities | 109 | 54.8% | 236 | 31.0% | 48 | 13.8% |
| Post-1992 universities | 6 | 28.6% | 11 | 12.5% | 3 | 2.9% |
% of total registering for
higher degree within
each degree class | 27.8% | 59.8% | 12.4% |
Table 4 Comparison of employment patterns of first degree graduates from pre- and post -1992 universities
Data for 1797 graduates from 34 pre-1992 universities and 286.graduates from 10 post-1992 universities
| |
% total graduates |
| Pre-1992 universities |
Post-1992 universities |
| Class 1&2 |
Class 3/
Pass * |
Class 1&2 |
Class 3/
Pass # |
Further biochemical study or training
UK
Abroad |
31.3
0.6 |
6.6
0 |
20.2
0 |
4.7
0 |
| Returned to medical studies | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Research in Universities and Research Institutes | 2.5 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 0 |
| Research in Industry | 6.5 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 2.3 |
| Work in hospital/civil service/public authority labs. | 6.1 | 8.5 | 19.0 | 9.3 |
| Science-based non-laboratory work | 5.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 14.0 |
| Teacher training/ teaching | 3.5 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 2.3 |
| Non-biochemical study or training | 4.6 | 8.5 | 2.9 | 4.7 |
| Non-science-based employment | 15.3 | 26.4 | 11.1 | 9.3 |
| British graduates working abroad, career unspecified | 0.7 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Overseas students returned home | 1.7 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Unplaced, including those not currently seeking work | 6.6 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 4.7 |
| Unknown | 12.7 | 31.1 | 16.9 | 48.7 |
* Data for 106 graduates
# Data for 43 graduates
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