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What do Brunel graduates do?

The Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey provides a snap shot of a very short amount of time after graduating. It asks graduates what their main activity was six months after completing their studies. When interpreting this data it is important to be aware that one growing national trend is for many students to delay their job applications until graduating, preferring to focus on achieving the highest grade possible. Job search strategy is often about getting a ‘foot in the door' as a stepping stone into graduate level positions. Other graduates may initially continue with their part-time job while they explore their options after graduating.

Graduate destinations 2009-2010

First Degree Graduates – Home, Full-time and Sandwich Placement

Postgraduate – Home, Full-time 

Due to the high number of students in our Health Sciences & Social Care School and our School of Sport and Education, a large proportion of our graduates work in the public sector and as a result in 2009/0, the largest recruiters of our graduates were:

• Public Administration – 71 Brunel graduates were working in Central and Local Government within local councils and the civil service.
• Education – 320 Brunel graduates were working in education (including 22 at Brunel University)
• NHS – 128 Brunel graduates were working in hospitals and Primary Care Trusts
• Social Work – 63 Brunel graduates were working within the various social services

This represents 31% of the graduate population.

Many other Brunel graduates went to work in commercial industry for large blue-chip multinational companies and in 2009/0 the other top recruiters of our graduates were:

• APPLE INC
• BAA
• BARCLAYS BANK
• BBC
• BLOOMBERG
• BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING
• CENTRICA
• COUTTS & CO
• DELOITTE
• DELPHI DIESEL SYSTEMS
• DEUTSCHE BANK
• DYSON
• EDF ENERGY
• E-ON UK
• GLAXOSMITHKLINE
• HSBC
• J P MORGAN
• KPMG
• LLOYDS TSB BANK
• MCLAREN CARS
• METROPOLITAN POLICE
• MORGAN STANLEY
• MICROSOFT
• PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL
• PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
• PROCTOR & GAMBLE
• RENAULT F1 TEAM LTD
• VAUXHALL
• XEROX