Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education in the United Kingdom for the academic year 2002/03

This Statistical First Release (SFR) has been produced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), in collaboration with Department for Education and Skills (DfES) statisticians. It provides details of the destinations of leavers from higher education (HE) who obtained qualifications in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom (UK), during the academic year 2002/03. The data presented draws on the new Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) record introduced in 2002/03, which replaced the previous First Destination Supplement (FDS). DLHE is a more comprehensive record, expanded to cover leavers from part-time programmes and from additional postgraduate programmes. The new DLHE survey is designed to collect richer information from leavers than the FDS, particularly regarding work and study. Leavers separately report such activity, thereby providing a matrix of circumstances, unlike the FDS, which collected more limited information. Consequently the DLHE survey has different definitions for the destination categories reported, for example those employed and unemployed. Comparisons should not therefore be made with corresponding figures presented in previous years. Table 1 shows the Destinations of Full-time UK and Other EU Domiciled Leavers Obtaining Higher Education Qualifications by Level of Course and Gender, 2002/03. Table 2 shows the Destinations of Part-time UK and Other EU Domiciled Leavers Obtaining Higher Education Qualifications by Level of Course, 2002/03. Table 3 shows the Destinations of Full-time UK and Other EU Domiciled First Degree Graduates by Subject Area of Degree, 2002/03. Table 4 shows the Occupation and Industry of Full-time UK and Other EU Domiciled First Degree Graduates Entering Employment in the UK by Subject Area of Degree, 2002/03.