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Annual survey of UK biochemistry graduate employment 1996
Table 1 Numbers of 1996 biochemistry graduates, of all levels, entering employment.
| Type of employment |
First degree |
After
MSc
/MPhil |
After
PhD |
Total |
% of total
graduates
1996
(1995) |
Class 1
and 2 |
Class 3/
Pass |
1.1
Further biochemical study | 547 | 18 | 63 | 14 | 642 | 26.6%
(27.4%) |
1.2
Teacher Training | 56 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 75 | 3.1%
(4.7%) |
1.3
Non-biochemical study or training | 112 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 126 | 5.2%
(3.3%) |
1.4
Intercalating medical students | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2.0%
(3.3%) |
2.1
Research Appointments - Industry | 114 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 180 | 7.5%
(8.3%) |
2.2
Research appointments- Higher Education | 53 | 0 | 16 | 134 | 203 | 8.4%
(9.0%) |
2.3
Hospital Laboratories | 41 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 78 | 3.2%
(3.9%) |
2.4
Civil Service and Public Authority Laboratories | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 1.3%
(0.8%) |
2.5
Non-laboratory Based Employment | 82 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 127 | 5.3%
(3.0%) |
2.6
Teaching-Higher Education | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0.3%
(0.3%) |
3
Other Employment | 193 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 239 | 9.9%
(9.6%) |
4.1
British students-Employment abroad | 11 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 1.0%
(1.4%) |
4.2
British students-Study/training abroad | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.4%
(0.3%) |
4.3
Overseas students-Returned home | 60 | 12 | 41 | 42 | 155 | 6.4%
(5.5%) |
5.1
Unplaced, not seeking employment | 69 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 85 | 3.5%
(3.3%) |
5.2
Unplaced, seeking employment | 99 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 124 | 5.1%
(5.4%) |
6.1
Unknown | 178 | 34 | 20 | 25 | 257 | 10.6%
(10.5%) |
| TOTALS | 1697 | 152 | 233 | 332 | 2414 | |
Table 2 Destinations of 1996 Biochemistry graduates
Data for 1849 first degree, 233 MSc/MPhil and 332 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 |
30.6
0.5 |
32.2
0.6 |
11.8
0 |
27.0
0 |
4.2
0 |
| Returned to medical studies | 2.7 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Research in Universities and Research Institutes | 2.9 | 3.1 | 0 | 6.9 | 40.4 |
| Research in Industry | 6.5 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 6.4 | 13.6 |
| Work in hospital/ civil service/ public authority labs. | 3.9 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 11.2 | 3.6 |
| Science-based non-laboratory work | 5.0 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 5.7 |
| Teacher training/ teaching | 3.6 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Non-biochemical study or training | 6.5 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Non-science-based employment | 11.8 | 11.4 | 17.1 | 4.3 | 3.0 |
| British graduates working abroad, career unspecified | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.3 |
| Overseas students returned home | 3.9 | 3.5 | 7.9 | 17.6 | 12.7 |
| Unplaced, including those not currently seeking work | 10.1 | 9.9 | 12.5 | 6.4 | 2.1 |
| Unknown | 11.5 | 10.5 | 22.4 | 8.6 | 7.5 |
Table 3 Proportions of first degree graduates of different classes registering for a higher degree by research
Data from 39 pre-1992 and 11 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 | 145 | 65.3% | 277 | 35.9% | 48 | 8.2% |
| Pre-1992 universities | 129 | 65.8% | 245 | 37.5% | 42 | 9.0% |
| Post-1992 universities | 16 | 61.5% | 32 | 27.4% | 6 | 5.3% |
% of total registering for
higher degree within
each degree class | 30.9% | 58.9% | 10.2% |
Table 4 Comparison of destinations of first degree graduates from pre- and post -1992 universities
Data for 1532 graduates from 46 pre-1992 universities and 317 graduates from 12 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 |
33.9
0.6 |
13.3
0 |
23.9
0.7 |
6.3
0 |
| Returned to medical studies | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Research in Universities and Research Institutes | 3.3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 |
| Research in Industry | 6.4 | 4.2 | 8.4 | 3.1 |
| Work in hospital/ civil service/ public authority labs. | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 12.6 |
| Science-based non-laboratory work | 4.3 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 3.1 |
| Teacher training/ teaching | 3.3 | 7.5 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Non-biochemical study or training | 6.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 3.1 |
| Non-science-based employment | 11.5 | 18.3 | 10.9 | 12.6 |
| British graduates working abroad, career unspecified | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Overseas students returned home | 3.5 | 9.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| Unplaced, including those not currently seeking work | 8.7 | 10.8 | 15.8 | 18.7 |
| Unknown | 10.1 | 18.3 | 11.8 | 37.4 |
* Data for 120 students
# Data for 32 students
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