Arts and Humanities: Degrees

(asked on 16th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of arts and humanities degrees to the UK economy.


Answered by
Michelle Donelan Portrait
Michelle Donelan
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
This question was answered on 7th January 2022

The government values high-quality provision in a range of subjects, including in the creative arts and humanities, that lead to positive outcomes critical for both our economy and society.

A variety of data is published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and the department on the contributions graduates make to the UK economy disaggregated by their subject of study.

HESA publishes details of graduates’ employment and further study, industry, occupation, and salary fifteen months after leaving higher education in the ‘Higher Education Graduate Outcomes’ survey. Latest statistics refer to graduates who left their courses in 2018/19 and are available here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates.

Graduate employment and further study by subject area is available here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/sb260/figure-10.

Industry of employment is available to view here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/sb260/figure-11.

Occupation of employment is available to view here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/sb260/figure-12.

Salary is available to view here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates/table-25.

The department publishes employment and earnings statistics one, three, five and ten years after graduation in ‘Graduate Outcomes’. Latest statistics refer to the financial year 2018/19 and are available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo/2018-19.

Subject information is included in Tables 6 and 18, available to view here: https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/e9c9770d-3c30-4708-8cd9-6e123966f070/files/ce665e1c-4f8a-447d-e169-08d8ee096a35 and here: https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/e9c9770d-3c30-4708-8cd9-6e123966f070/files/52c26406-04c3-4ea9-e16e-08d8ee096a35.

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