Graduate Employability: Policy and Performance in Higher Education in the UK
Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: The UK government is introducing new sets of indicators designed to measure the performance of universities. A first wave of indicators was published in December 1999. A performance indicator based on graduate employment outcomes will follow. This paper proposes a method for developing employment‐related performance indicators based on the analysis of data on the first destinations of a full cohort of leavers from pre‐1992 universities in the United Kingdom. We analyse the determinants of graduate first destinations and suggest a method for the construction of university performance indicators. We also discuss limitations of league tables based on university performance indicators.
Source: The Economic Journal
Authors: Jeremy Smith, Abigail McKnight, Robin Naylor
Institution: University of Warwick
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2041862023