Metadata document Graduate Outcomes (LEO): 2017 to 2018 This release updates breakdowns by graduate characteristic and degree subject studied focusing on graduate outcomes and earnings in the 2017/18 tax year for the 2006/07, 2010/11, 2012/13 and 2015/16 cohorts (one, three, five and ten years after graduation). Data for the relevant cohorts in the 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 tax years are also included. Please see the main pdf document for more detailed information about the measures used in this publication. Coverage This publication looks at those who graduated with a first degree qualification from English Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and English Further Education Colleges (FECs). Data for those who graduated from an Alternative Provider (AP) are only currently available for one year after graduation. First degrees are also known as bachelor’s degrees. This csv focuses on those classified as EU and Non-EU domiciled prior to entry to higher education. Outcomes and earnings for UK domiciled graduates are in a separate csv. All figures are based on UK tax, benefit and student records only: activity of those who move abroad to work or study after graduating is not reflected in the employment or further study figures. Subject areas The subjects covered by this publication are based on level 2 of the Common Aggregation Hierarchy (CAH). We therefore cover the following 35 subjects: CAH2 Code Subject CAH01-01 Medicine and dentistry CAH02-02 Pharmacology, toxicology and pharmacy CAH02-04 Nursing and midwifery CAH02-05 Medical sciences CAH02-06 Allied health CAH03-01 Biosciences CAH03-02 Sport and exercise sciences CAH04-01 Psychology CAH05-01 Veterinary sciences CAH06-01 Agriculture, food and related studies CAH07-01 Physics and astronomy CAH07-02 Chemistry CAH07-04 General, applied and forensic sciences CAH09-01 Mathematical sciences CAH10-01 Engineering CAH10-03 Materials and technology CAH11-01 Computing CAH13-01 Architecture, building and planning CAH15-01 Sociology, social policy and anthropology CAH15-02 Economics CAH15-03 Politics CAH15-04 Health and social care CAH16-01 Law CAH17-01 Business and management CAH19-01 English studies CAH19-02 Celtic studies CAH19-04 Languages and area studies CAH20-01 History and archaeology CAH20-02 Philosophy and religious studies CAH22-01 Education and teaching CAH23-01 Combined and general studies CAH24-01 Media, journalism and communications CAH25-01 Creative arts and design CAH25-02 Performing arts CAH26-01 Geography, earth and environmental studies Employment outcomes Outcomes for international graduates are presented for all graduates within the specified academic years (i.e. graduates that are ‘unmatched’ are included in the denominator). Unmatched graduates are placed in a separate ‘unmatched’ outcome category. For these populations the match rates are much lower as international graduates are much more likely to leave the UK after graduation and may not necessarily have been issued with a national insurance number. Including these graduates in the calculations means we get a better indication of the proportion of graduates who have stayed in the UK to work or study after graduation, making it easier to compare countries with different match rates. For international domiciled graduates, the employment outcome categories should not be used as an indication of success in finding employment after graduation. It is likely that the majority of these graduates who are ‘unmatched’ or in ‘activity not captured’ are employed outside of the UK. Graduates who have been matched are then placed in one of five outcomes categories. These are: Activity not captured: graduates who have been successfully matched to CIS but do not have any employment, out-of-work benefits or further study records in the tax year of interest. Reasons for appearing in this category include: moving out of the UK after graduation for either work or study or voluntarily leaving the labour force. No sustained destination: graduates who have an employment or out-of-work benefits record in the tax year in question but were not classified as being in ‘sustained employment’ and do not have a further study record. Sustained employment only: graduates are considered to be in sustained employment if they were employed for at least one day for five out of the six months between October and March of the tax year in question or if they had a self-employment record in that tax year and earnings from partnership or sole-trader enterprises of over £0 (profit from self-employment). To be in the sustained employment only category, graduates must not have a record of further study in the tax year in question. Sustained employment with or without further study: includes all graduates with a record of sustained employment, regardless of whether they also have a record of further study. A graduate is defined as being in further study if they have a valid higher education study record at any UK HEI on the HESA database in the relevant tax year. The further study does not have to be at postgraduate level to be counted. Sustained employment, further study or both: includes all graduates with a record of sustained employment or further study. This category includes all graduates in the ‘sustained employment with or without further study’ category as well as those with a further study record only. Earnings outcomes Earnings are presented for those classified as being in sustained employment only and where we have a valid earnings record from the P14 and/or Self Assesment tax return. Earnings from self-employment have been included in this release. Those in further study are excluded as their earnings would be more likely to relate to part-time jobs. PAYE earnings figures have been annualised. For each graduate earning from PAYE, the earnings reported for them on the HMRC P14 data for a given tax year are divided by the number of days recorded in employment across that same tax year. This provides an average daily wage which is then multiplied by the number of days in the tax year to calculate their annualised earnings. All earnings from self-employment are taken as provided (not annualised) and are assumed to relate to the full tax year. All earnings presented are nominal. They represent the cash amount an individual was paid and are not adjusted for inflation (the general increase in the price of goods and services). List of variable names and their description tax_year Tax year in which outcomes and earnings relate to. academic_year Academic year in which the group completed their first degree. YAG Number of years after graduation. sex Sex of graduate. subject_name Subject studied. xdomhm01v2 Graduate domicile. grads Number of graduates included in calculations. unmatched_percent Percentage of graduates that have been classed as unmatched. matched Number of graduates that have been classed as matched. activity_not_captured Percentage of matched graduates whose activity could not be captured. no_sust_dest Percentage of matched graduates with an unsustained destination. sust_emp_only Percentage of graduates with a record or sustained employment only. sust_emp_with_or_without_fs Percentage of graduates with a record or sustained employment (these graduates may or may not have a further study record in addition to a sustained employment record). sust_emp_fs_or_both Percentage of graduates with a record or sustained employment, a record of further study, or both. earnings_include Number of matched graduates included in the earnings calculations (graduates in PAYE employment or self-employment or both). earnings_LQ Earnings lower quartile (PAYE earnings annualised, self-employment non annualised). earnings_median Median earnings (PAYE earnings annualised, self-employment non annualised). earnings_UQ Earnings upper quartile (PAYE earnings annualised, self-employment non annualised).