RAE report warns job prospects for minority graduates need improving
21 Nov 2016
Employment opportunities for black and minority ethnic engineering students in the six months after graduation are substantially lower than average, claims a report from the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Employment outcomes of engineering graduates found that 51% of black and minority ethnic respondents had found full or part-time work in the period, compared to an overall average of 81%.
Dr Rhys Morgan, director of engineering and education at the academy said: “The report suggests that ethnicity is one of the most significant factors impacting the employment of engineering graduates.
“Engineering employers need to do more to encourage and engage with engineering students from all backgrounds, and across all types of universities.”
Engineering employers need to do more to encourage and engage with engineering students from all backgrounds, and across all types of universities
Dr Rhys Morgan, director of engineering and education, RAE
The report was commissioned from the Careers Research & Advisory Centre (CRAC) and based on a review of the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education data for engineering graduates.
A full copy of the report can be viewed here.
