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Statistics Publication Notice: Early Destinations of Students Qualifying from Scottish Higher Education Institutions 2011-12
Statistics on the first destinations of leavers from Scottish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), 6 months after qualifying.
Table 4: Occupation of leavers from Scottish HEIs by level of qualification obtained and gender: 2011-12
Leavers from Scottish HEIs in UK employment
| No. of Leavers | 1 Managers, Directors and Senior Officials (%) |
2 Professional (%) | 3 Associate Professional and Technical (%) |
4 Administrative and Secretarial (%) |
5 Skilled Trades (%) |
6 Caring, Leisure and Other Service (%) | 7 Sales and Customer Service (%) | Other / Unknown (%) | SOC 1 to 3 (Managerial and Professional) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Qualifications | 30,800 | 4.9 | 51.5 | 18.7 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 8.3 | 5.0 | 75.1 |
| Male | 18,900 | 4.0 | 52.7 | 17.7 | 7.2 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 8.2 | 4.2 | 74.5 |
| Female | 11,895 | 6.4 | 49.5 | 20.2 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 76.1 |
| Postgraduate | 8,225 | 6.1 | 65.8 | 17.5 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 89.4 |
| Male | 4,870 | 4.7 | 66.4 | 17.6 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 88.7 |
| Female | 3,360 | 8.2 | 65.0 | 17.2 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 90.4 |
| First Degree | 19,425 | 4.2 | 48.1 | 19.5 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 71.8 |
| Male | 12,050 | 3.7 | 49.2 | 18.5 | 7.6 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 4.9 | 71.3 |
| Female | 7,375 | 5.0 | 46.5 | 21.2 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 72.7 |
| Sub-Degree | 3,145 | 6.5 | 34.5 | 16.7 | 8.2 | 5.6 | 12.1 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 57.7 |
| Male | 1,985 | 4.8 | 40.3 | 13.7 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 17.1 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 58.8 |
| Female | 1,165 | 9.5 | 24.5 | 21.8 | 5.4 | 13.4 | 3.6 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 55.8 |
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
Data weighted according to response rates (see Methodological Notes, Section 3)
Number of leavers rounded to the nearest 5
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