UK graduates’ well-being does not significantly improve in line with their salary once they start earning above £24,000, according to new research.
The Higher Education Statistics Authority (Hesa) says that data on graduate destinations has historically focused only on their earnings and whether they secured a “highly skilled” job.
They said it has always been assumed that these jobs are where graduates apply what they learn in their studies and most align with their career aspirations.
However, researchers have devised a new composite measure on the “job design and nature of work” – based off three questions in the Graduate Outcomes survey asking whether their work is meaningful, what they learned in higher education, and how much it fits with their future plans.
