HE Graduate Outcomes Data
Updated 9 July 2020.
High level results at a national level are also published in our Statistical Bulletin:
Higher Education Graduate Outcomes Statistics: UK, 2017/18
About the Graduate Outcomes data
FAQ and Guide
Statistical releases FAQ - Questions and answers about the structure and contents of Graduate Outcomes statistical releases
Graduate Outcomes: A guide to using and interpreting the data - Introductory guide from HESPA (pdf)
Webinar recording and detailed FAQ - A recording of one of the statistical release webinars and answers to detailed questions raised
Documentation
Methodology statement part one - history and background (pdf)
Methodology statement part two - survey design and implementation
Dissemination policy - approaches and standards for dissemination of data
Should we weight? - technical research paper
Graduate Outcomes Survey Quality Report
Tables and charts specification - supporting information (Excel)
Blog posts
How to publish Graduate Outcomes data? - outcomes from our informal consultation
Why Graduate Outcomes statistics are experimental - what this label means for users
The Ultimate Guide to Graduate Outcomes - introducing the methodology and our approach to weighting
Don't mistake Graduate Outcomes for DLHE - why data users should not compare the two surveys
Graduate Outcomes website
The dedicated survey website explains what survey is about, its scale, and its importance:
Older data about graduates
Graduate Outcomes is a new survey for 2017/18 graduates, conducted differently from previous surveys and producing different information. These new experimental statistics are not comparable with the results of the earlier Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey.
Data from the DLHE survey is available from our Publications archive.