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Creative graduates creative futures
In January the quantitative findings of a longitudinal study Creative Graduates Creative Futures were published.
It is the largest survey of its kind to date surveying 3,500 art, design, crafts and media practice-based graduates who completed their studies between 2002-04 from twenty-six UK higher education (HE) establishments. 1 The two hundred page publication provides statistical evidence of recent graduates' experiences and perceptions of practice-based arts degrees, career patterns, income levels, continual professional development (CPD), motivations, aspirations and work/life balance. Here are a few of the key findings. The majority of graduates (78%) work in creative occupations. Three quarters of working creative graduates are satisfied with their jobs compared to the 44% national average. Despite this, half of the respondents earn below £20,000 gross, with one third of those surveyed earning £15,000 or under. This is well below the average starting salary for a new graduate in the UK. These salary figures sadly back up previous reports.2 What is new, but not surprising to those of us working in the sector, is evidence that portfolio working is now a major established working pattern, with almost half those surveyed combining two or more modes of working such as paid employment,...
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