Previous research, typically focused on employer perceptions, largely indicates graduate oral communication skills do not meet industry expectations.
The Institution of Chemical Engineers' (IChemE) own annual salary survey, published in July 2012, indicated graduates typically could expect to earn £27,861 in their first year.
It was lower than undergraduate students (23.1%~31.5%) [ 8, 26, 27] and their out-of school counterparts 50%~64.2%) [ 14, 28], which might indicate graduate students could prevent themselves from unintended pregnancy more effectively.
Furthermore, the survey TOSCA indicates that graduates of technical gymnasia in Baden-Württemberg achieve similar performance levels in mathematics and physics as graduates of general gymnasia in other federal states in Germany (Neumann et al. 2009).
This indicates that graduates with English certificates have an advantage in certain businesses.
The High Fliers study of more than 18,000 university leavers indicates that graduates who have had internships are three times as likely to land jobs.
Currently the literature indicates that graduates' preparedness for practice varies with medical school but we do not understand why.
This also indicates that graduates see the importance of and have the capacity to make their research findings available in the public domain.
Comparison of career choices by medical school in graduates of 1999 and 2000 indicated that Graduates from the school under study were more likely to choose General Practice, Anaesthetics, A&E and other medical specialties, and less likely to choose surgical specialties, as their first choice of long-term career than the national average [ 14].
Our main findings indicate that graduates from narrow education programmes have a less favourable labour market position than graduates from broad programmes.
