Good prospects for building graduates

Graduates in building, civil engineering and architecture are more likely to find employment after finishing university than those in IT and business-related disciplines.
The conclusion follows research by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, which involved listing by subject the percentage of graduates entering employment and those embarking on further study.
Only the sector that incorporates medicine, nursing and dentistry provides better employment prospects than construction.
Building comes top of the construction class, with 82% of graduates finding employment and 6% going into further
education.
A slightly lower 79% of civil engineering graduates enter employment with 10% pursuing further studies, while the totals for architecture shape up at 65% and 26% respectively.
In comparison, just 56% of IT graduates and 62% of business graduates enter employment, with further study being undertaken by less than 10% in
both cases.
Language graduates fare even worse: only 46% of German graduates and 39% of French graduates find a job within
six months.
Alan Crane, chairman of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIoB)'s presidential commission on construction education, said: "At long last we have evidence to demonstrate to young people that there are excellent job prospects for them in the construction industry.
"The research indicates that the links between education providers and employers are improving. This is crucial for the future of the industry, in order that employers get a workforce with the skills and experience they require."
The CIoB noted that there are plenty of jobs in construction and not nearly enough graduates coming out of higher education to fill them.
Last year, the CIoB revealed that the viability of some
construction courses was being threatened by the lack of
students.