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<p>Employment outcomes for graduates are strong. The recently published Graduate Labour
Market Statistics 2018 shows that the employment rate of working-age graduates was
87.7% in 2018, which is 0.3% higher than 2017. This employment rate is 16.1% higher
than the rate for non-graduates (71.6%). 65.4% of working-age graduates were employed
in highly skilled roles, compared with 22.9% of non-graduates.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s
Industrial Strategy sets out a long-term plan to boost productivity by backing businesses
to create good jobs and increase the earning power of people throughout the UK by
investing in skills, industries and infrastructure. Through this plan, £120 million
was provided to fund collaboration between businesses and universities to stimulate
local innovation through the Strength in Places Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The primary aim
of the Office for Students’ (OfS), the higher education regulator, is to ensure that
higher education delivers positive outcomes for students and that it has a regulatory
focus to ensure that students are able to progress into employment or further study.
The OfS supports graduate employment outcomes in a number of ways. This includes a
Challenge Competition, which aims to boost local employment outcomes, and the Institute
of Coding, which aims to boost UK digital skills and graduate outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>The
government has been improving the information available to students to help them make
informed choices when making decisions on higher education providers and subject choice.
For example, Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Frameworks, Longitudinal Education
Outcomes data and the Higher Education Open Data Competition all provide information
to prospective students.</p>
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