Higher Education Graduate Outcomes Statistics: UK, 2020/21

Higher Education Graduate Outcomes Statistics: UK, 2020/21

This Statistical Bulletin is the annual first release of Graduate Outcomes survey data. These experimental statistics cover UK higher education providers (HEPs) including alternative providers (APs) and further education colleges (FECs) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Data is collected approximately 15 months after HE course completion.

The 2020/21 Graduate Outcomes cohort finished their qualifications in the second academic year affected by COVID-19. While Cohort A finished their qualifications during late summer and early autumn 2020, in a period of relatively loose restrictions, restrictions began to increase over the course of the academic year. Cohort B graduated into a period of short national lockdowns, followed by the start of the second national lockdown in January 2021. Cohort C likewise graduated in lockdown, but the progress of the vaccination programme led to a gradual easing of restrictions as spring progressed; by the time Cohort D, the largest Graduate Outcomes cohort, began to finish their qualifications in May 2021, most adults had been offered a first vaccine dose, and restrictions were gradually being phased out across the UK.

The circumstances under which 2020/21 graduates were surveyed were quite different. As surveying for Cohort A opened in December 2021, Omicron variant cases were rising and new guidance was being issued requiring masks in indoor spaces and encouraging people to work from home where possible, the new restrictions were considerably more lenient than those which were introduced a year previously. By the time the Cohort B survey period opened in March 2022, all legal restrictions had been lifted in England, and remaining restrictions were phased out in other nations over the next few months. Although COVID cases rose from the start of June to a summer peak in early July, no legal restrictions were in place during the survey periods for Cohorts C and D. An insight briefing provides further detail on analysis undertaken to explore the impact of the pandemic, and the conclusions identified.

This statistical bulletin has been produced by HESA in collaboration with statisticians from the Office for Students, the Department for Education, the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government and the Department for the Economy Northern Ireland. It has been released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

高等教育毕业生就业情况统计：英国，2020/21年度

本统计公告为年度首次发布的毕业生就业调查数据。这些实验性统计数据涵盖了英国高等教育提供者（HEPs），包括替代提供者（APs）和英格兰、威尔士及北爱尔兰的继续教育学院（FECs）。数据收集于高等教育课程完成约15个月后。

2020/21届毕业生在受COVID-19影响第二学年完成了其资格认证。尽管A组毕业生在2020年晚夏和初秋期间完成其资格认证，期间限制相对宽松，但随着学年的进行，限制开始增加。B组毕业生在经历短期全国性封锁后，于2021年1月开始第二阶段全国性封锁。C组同样在封锁期间完成学业，但随着疫苗接种计划的推进，随着春季的到来，限制逐渐放宽；到了D组，最大的毕业生就业情况调查组在2021年5月开始完成其资格认证时，大多数成年人已接种首剂疫苗，英国各地的限制措施也逐步取消。

2020/21届毕业生参与调查的背景与以往大相径庭。A组调查于2021年12月开启时，Omicron变异株病例正在上升，并发布了新的指导意见，要求在室内空间佩戴口罩，并在可能的情况下鼓励人们居家办公，新的限制措施比前一年引入的限制宽松得多。到B组调查期于2022年3月开启时，英格兰的法律限制已全部解除，其他国家的剩余限制在接下来的几个月内逐步取消。尽管从6月初开始，COVID病例持续上升，并在7月初达到夏季峰值，但在C组和D组的调查期间，没有实施任何法律限制。一份洞察简报提供了进一步的分析细节，旨在探讨疫情的影响，并确定了结论。

本统计公告由HESA与Office for Students、教育部门、威尔士政府、苏格兰政府和北爱尔兰经济部门统计局的统计学家合作编制。它已根据英国统计局批准的安排发布。