Employability

As a University of Wolverhampton graduate you'll be digitally literate, knowledgeable and enterprising, and focused on succeeding in your professional and personal pursuits.

Our graduates not only have a mind for critical enquiry, but also an entrepreneurial approach to the challenges of business.

Through the relevance of what you study here, you'll bring real-world insight to the business you represent, and an adaptable, professional attitude to work.

Find out more about the University of Wolverhampton Graduate.

Employment rates

Over 89% of our 2009 graduates are in jobs and/or pursuing further training.

The results of the latest Destinations of Leavers From Higher Education (DLHE) survey* show in difficult economic times we have a very high proportion of our students taking their place in the world of work.

Over 74% of these graduates are employed in the top three Standard Occupational Classifications - graduate and graduate-track jobs.

And our graduates' success is having a positive impact on the local economy with over 84% of those in employment, working in the West Midlands.

Overall we have improved our benchmark figure for student employment as measured by HESA (the Higher Education Statistics Agency).

Nationally, unemployment amongst graduates, although this has been rising due to the current economic conditions, remains lower than that of the overall population.

(*The results for 2009 are the latest figures available. The DLHE survey is published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency.)

12 August 2010

Real-life work experience

And while you're studying here you'll get the opportunity to gain work experience. This is a great way to get valuable experience, earn some cash and add that 'wow' factor to your CV.

• Work placements - nearly all of our courses include an industrial placement
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) - structured graduate placements lasting between one and three years where companies get a graduate to work on project of strategic importance that will help boost their business, while you gain vital and meaningful work experience.
• Active volunteers - As well as getting involved in a worthwhile community activity, volunteering is an opportunity to demonstrate your personal commitment, initiative, leadership and problem-solving skills away from an academic setting; just the sort of experience future employers look for.
• Accelerated start-up - we're leading the national Student Placements for Entrepreneurs in Education (SPEED) project, involving 13 UK universities, to help students create their own businesses whilst they are studying
• Entrepreneurial exchange - 'Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs' is aimed at helping new entrepreneurs to acquire relevant skills for managing a small or medium-sized enterprise by spending time working in another EU country with an experienced entrepreneur in his/her company.
• SP/ARK - provides facilities, accommodation, training and mentoring for business start-ups and freelancers in new media and design