Tax year 2022-23

LEO Graduate outcomes provider level data

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Introduction

Graduate employment and earnings outcomes for those who graduated with a first degree (Bachelors) by higher education provider. 

This release updates previously published data with the latest available data (2022-23 tax year).

Coverage is of all UK domiciled first degree graduates from all types of Higher Education Provider (that is, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Further Education Colleges (FECs) and Alternative Providers (APs)) in Great Britain. Outcomes are measured at one, three, and five years after graduation. Breakdowns are available by provider, subject studied, and a number of graduate characteristics.

Changes to these statistics

This year, the provider level graduate outcomes data is being made available through a new dashboard:

You can use the dashboard to filter the data by provider, subject studied and a selection of graduate characteristics.

The dashboard is a new product and we welcome users to provide feedback. Feedback can be given by emailing he.leo@education.gov.uk. 

Next year the provider dashboard will be included within the main LEO Graduate and postgraduate outcomes publication and this separate provider level page will be discontinued. 

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Releases in this series

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Methodologies

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About this release

Data used to track graduates

This publication uses data from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset, which links information about students, including:

  • Personal characteristics such as sex, ethnic group and age
  • Education, including which schools, colleges and higher education providers graduates attended, the subjects they studied, and qualifications achieved
  • Employment and earnings
  • Benefits claimed

By combining this information, we can track the progress of graduates as they enter the labour market. Additional information about the LEO dataset is provided in the accompanying methodology note, including explanations about the quality of the data and match rates. 

The LEO dataset is generated each year using the latest available data. This means that each annual LEO dataset includes not only an additional year of data, but also some revisions to previous years as a result of changes in the latest available data. When comparisons are made in this publication between earnings and employment outcomes in 2022-23 and previous years, we compare the most recently revised figures that are in this latest release, rather than previously published figures.

Coverage 

This publication includes those who graduated with a first degree qualification from HE providers and FE providers in Great Britain and are UK domiciled.

Years after graduation (YAG) 

The time periods used in this publication are one, three and five years after graduation, which refer to the first, third and fifth full tax years after graduation. So, for the 2022/23 tax year, we present outcomes for those who graduated in the academic years 2020/21, 2018/19 and 2016/17. Because academic and tax years run between different months, it isn't possible to use exact numbers of years after graduation. We do not include outcomes ten years after graduation because prior attainment data is unavailable for the cohort with outcomes data ten years after graduation.

Employment outcomes for UK domiciled graduates 

Graduates are grouped by their employment outcomes into the following categories: 

  • Sustained employment, further study or both - this category is broken down into three smaller categories:
    • Sustained employment only - graduates who have a record of sustained employment but no record of further study.
    • Sustained employment with or without further study - graduates with a record of sustained employment, regardless of whether they also have a record of further study or not.
    • Further study with or without sustained employment - graduates with a further study record regardless of whether they have a record of sustained employment or not. This category is equivalent to the difference between the ‘sustained employment, further study or both’ and ‘sustained employment only’ categories.
  • No sustained destination - graduates who have an employment or out-of-work benefits record in the tax year of interest but were not classified as being in ‘sustained employment’ and do not have a further study record. 
  • Activity not captured - graduates who have been successfully matched to DWP’s CIS but for whom there are no records of employment, out-of-work benefits or further study during the tax year of interest. It's likely that a high proportion of graduates whose activity is not captured were living abroad during this tax year.

Further information about how we categorise employment outcomes is provided in the ‘Employment Outcomes’ section of the methodology.

Note that the outcomes presented in this release are ‘raw’ outcomes. There are numerous factors that can influence employment and earnings outcomes of graduates apart from getting a degree. The raw outcomes presented in this release do not control for differences in the characteristics or experiences of students that might influence outcomes, and this should be borne in mind when drawing any conclusions. For example, some subjects may tend to have students with higher prior academic attainment, which in itself can influence employment and earnings outcomes, but the data on outcomes by subject in this release would not account for this.

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LEO graduate outcomes provider level dashboard

To view the LEO graduate outcomes provider level dashboard, please use the following link: 

LEO provider level dashboard (opens in a new tab)

The provider level dashboard replaces the information presented in previous releases of this publication and instead gives users a tool that allows them to filter the data to their own preferences (for example filtering to selected providers and subjects). The dashboard can be used to filter the LEO graduate outcomes data by provider, provider type, region, tax year, years after graduation, subject of study, sex, ethnicity, prior attainment, and POLAR4 quintile. It includes charts for both outcomes and earnings. You can download tables that you create in the dashboard as CSV files. The underlying dataset that the dashboard uses is also available to download in it's entirety in the ‘Additional supporting files’ section.

The dashboard is a newly developed tool of which this is only the first version. It will be iteratively improved in response to feedback from users. Feedback can be given by emailing he.leo@education.gov.uk.

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Methodology

Find out how and why we collect, process and publish these statistics.

Official statistics

These are Official Statistics and have been produced in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

This can be broadly interpreted to mean that these statistics are:

  • managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
  • meet identified user needs
  • produced according to sound methods
  • well explained and readily accessible

Find out more about the standards we follow to produce these statistics through our Standards for official statistics published by DfE guidance.

Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).

OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.

You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website.

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Email: he.leo@education.gov.uk
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