Faculty Summary: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
[All Graduates] [Undergraduates] [Postgraduates]

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Summary Data & Trends
HESA categories
Key Destination Activity Total %
  Full-time paid work 326 62.0
  Part-time paid work 50 9.5
  Voluntary/unpaid work 6 1.1
  Work and study 33 6.3
  Further study 38 7.2
  Assumed to be unemployed 26 4.9
  Not available for employment 13 2.5
  Other 8 1.5
  Explicit refusal 26 4.9
526 100%

Additional Statistics
  • 88.4% of postgraduates employed were in 'Graduate' level occupations.
  • 63.9% of postgraduates in work were employed in the North East.
  • Average salary £22,514 (based on 204 postgraduates who supplied salary information).

School Details
SchoolsDLHE PopulationDLHE ResponsesResponse Rate
Architecture Planning & Landscape635384.1%
Arts & Cultures644773.4%
Business School804961.3%
Education, Communication & Language Sciences31123575.6%
English Literature, Language & Linguistics675379.1%
Geography, Politics and Sociology604270.0%
Historical Studies382771.1%
Law School8675.0%
Modern Languages241458.3%
Faculty71552673.6%