Figures from the specialist student research agency Opinionpanel Research suggest half of those students who finished their first degree last month are now seriously considering postgraduate qualifications.
The research was covered in an article by The Independent. The article starts:
“There are not many reasons to be cheerful if you are graduating this summer, as the economy reels from one gloomy set of statistics to another, and companies put the squeeze on recruitment. But Helen Arnold is looking on the bright side.
Having watched a succession of well-qualified friends growing disenchanted with knock-backs from employers over the past 12 months, she has decided to put off the jobs fight for a year in favour of postgraduate study. This, she believes, will leave her better qualified to enter the fiercely competitive world of publishing while also, perhaps, giving the economy time to pick up.”