The What Happens Next Report, by the Disability Task Group (DTG), looks at the career destinations of disabled graduates.
This year’s report again shows that disabled graduates are generally more successful in obtaining employment or further study than perhaps has previously been assumed. It is clear that graduates with certain disabilities are likely to be more successful in this than others, for example those who disclosed a SpLD had comparable statistics to those with no known disability, however those with a social/ASD condition were more likely to be unemployed.
In addition to looking at first degree destinations, this year we also looked at the destinations of graduates from higher degrees (both taught and research) which showed that there was an increase in the proportion entering part time or full time employment at higher degree (taught) and more markedly at higher degree (research), which is perhaps to be anticipated. There was however, an exception to this: graduates with mental health conditions were not more likely to obtain employment if they had gained a higher degree (either taught or research). This is certainly an area that we feel should be explored further looking forward.
We also analysed how graduates found out about their jobs and also contains a section on disclosure of disability. The proportion of graduates disclosing a disability decreased with level of qualification, despite the fact that only slightly less disabled graduates than non-disabled graduates progressed to full time or part time study after their first degree.
The report possibly uncovers more questions than answer suggesting several different areas that could be researched into in more detail. Hopefully you will find it useful.
You can download the report from the Disability Task Group webpage which can be located at http://bit.ly/agcasdtg
Mark Allen, AGCAS Disability Task Group, Imperial College London
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