I'm amusing myself at the moment by, looking at a splendid publication called 'First Employment Of University Graduates 1961-1962', or, in other words, 49-year old graduate destination information.
There's a page for male engineers 'or applied scientists', but not one for women, because only 72 women got degrees across the whole field. Men graduates get a special category for 'Training for Ordination', whilst women graduates get one for 'Secretarial Training'. Fortunately, things have now moved on.
Here are the types of employment for UK graduates from 1961-62.
Men |
Women |
|||
Home Civil Service |
4.3% | 6.9% | ||
Overseas Public Service |
0.5% | 0.6% | ||
Armed Services |
1.2% | 0.4% | ||
Local Government and Hospitals |
5.7% | 14.4% | ||
Churches |
0.8% | 0.2% | ||
Schools |
10.6% | 39.4% | ||
Technical Colleges |
1.7% | 2.2% | ||
Universities |
1.9% | 4.9% | ||
Agriculture and Forestry |
1.0% | 0.4% | ||
Oil and Chemicals |
9.1% | 5.1% | ||
Engineering |
27.8% | 5.7% | ||
Other Manufacturing |
6.9% | 2.3% | ||
Building |
6.0% | 0.3% | ||
Public Utilities |
4.7% | 1.4% | ||
Commerce |
8.8% | 7.0% | ||
Law |
4.3% | 1.5% | ||
Publishing |
1.4% | 2.3% | ||
Miscellaneous Cultural |
1.4% | 1.2% | ||
Other |
1.9% | 3.9% |
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I think this year's data will look a little different. But it's interesting to see how things have changed in the span of just over a working life.
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