LJMU one of the best performers for growing graduate earnings
LJMU is one of the best performing universities in the UK for growing graduate earnings and helping students secure highly-skilled jobs.
The latest data shows that the proportion of the university’s undergraduates gaining high-skilled roles has grown by 7% over the last four years - four times faster than the UK’s higher education sector overall. LJMU’s postgraduate leavers are also more likely to be in highly-skilled employment.
Meanwhile, the rate of earnings for LJMU graduates has also leapt in the same period, with average salaries jumping by 9.8% in a single year.
Impact on the city region economy
The positive impact of LJMU’s emphasis on employability and skills is demonstrated by supplying more graduate employees into the Liverpool City Region economy than any other university - 28% of the region’s overall graduate intake each year.
Meanwhile, LJMU’s commitment to student and graduate entrepreneurship through its Start-up Hub has helped more than 1,000 businesses and contributes over £20 million in income to the city region economy each year.
Careers, employability and enterprise development
The data reflects significant progress against key objectives in LJMU’s Student Employability and Graduate Outcomes Plan.
The plan sets out the university’s commitment to careers, employability and enterprise development across four key areas:
- Developing employability skills and mindset
- Ensuring all undergraduates engage in work-based learning as a core feature of their course
- Every student leaving LJMU with a compelling onward plan
- Creating new graduate jobs and graduate-owned businesses in the Liverpool City Region
We’re delighted and proud that so many LJMU students are securing highly-skilled roles after graduating from the university and that the growth rate of graduate earnings has increased so significantly.
Professor Phil Vickerman, LJMU Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience)
Professor Phil Vickerman, LJMU Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience), said: “Through our Student Futures team, we deliver a comprehensive service to support our students to develop employability skills and experience to give them the best possible chance of succeeding in their chosen careers.
“We embed work-based learning and placements in our curriculum and we provide a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities through our Discovery Internships and part-time roles via our award-winning on-campus recruitment agency, Unitemps. Our support for student and graduate start-ups through the Start-up Hub has had an incredibly positive impact since being launched 20 years ago.
“LJMU is absolutely committed to providing our students with an outstanding university experience and that includes a transformative impact on their employability skills, experience and career trajectory.”
