Faculty Summary: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
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Summary Data & Trends
HESA categories
Key Destination Activity Total %
  Full-time paid work 945 45.8
  Part-time paid work 188 9.1
  Voluntary/unpaid work 39 1.9
  Work and study 166 8.0
  Further study 378 18.3
  Assumed to be unemployed 178 8.6
  Not available for employment 86 4.2
  Other 21 1.0
  Explicit refusal 64 3.1
2065 100%

Additional Statistics
  • 73.5% of graduates employed were in 'Graduate' level occupations.
  • 41.0% of graduates in work were employed in the North East.
  • Average salary £20,536 (based on 636 graduates who supplied salary information).

School Details
SchoolsDLHE PopulationDLHE ResponsesResponse Rate
Architecture Planning & Landscape26922382.9%
Arts & Cultures16111973.9%
Business School48436375.0%
Combined Studies1017675.2%
Education, Communication & Language Sciences39429173.9%
English Literature, Language & Linguistics27021178.1%
Geography, Politics and Sociology38128975.9%
Historical Studies35726674.5%
Law School14110876.6%
Modern Languages18012066.7%
Faculty2738206675.5%