AQW 49092/11-16


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 24/09/2015
Answered On Date: 08/10/2015
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning for his assessment of the rate of post-qualification employment for students studying and training in the local advanced manufacturing and engineering services sector.


Answer:
The tables on the attached Annex A contain post-qualification employment rate data for the advanced manufacturing and engineering services sector for 2011 to 2014. The latest available destination data is for the 2013/14 academic year. This information is supplied by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), which is the official agency for the collection of information on publicly funded HE institutions in the UK.
The data shows that the post-qualification employment rate for this sector increased by 5.7% from 2011 to 2014 - this is an encouraging trend.
Annex A
2011/12
Subject
Employed
Employed %
General engineering
35
70.2
Safety engineering
5
100
Fire safety engineering
10
50
Engineering design
5
38.5
Civil engineering
100
71.7
Structural engineering
5
60
Environmental engineering
20
76.9
Mechanical engineering
60
80.3
Aerospace engineering
15
63
Electronic & electrical engineering
25
88.9
Electronic engineering
10
72.7
Production & manufacturing engineering
20
75
Manufacturing systems engineering
0
-
Chemical, process & energy engineering
0
-
Chemical engineering
10
52.6
Biotechnology
5
71.4
Energy technologies
15
81.3
Musical instrument technology
10
61.1
Total
340
71.1
2012/13
Subject
Employed
Employed %
General engineering
50
78.8
Safety engineering
0
-
Fire safety engineering
5
85.7
Engineering design
5
85.7
Civil engineering
80
73.4
Structural engineering
5
71.4
Environmental engineering
20
76
Mechanical engineering
90
75.8
Aerospace engineering
10
57.1
Aeronautical engineering
5
60
Electronic & electrical engineering
20
66.7
Electronic engineering
15
84.2
Telecommunications engineering
5
100
Electronic & electrical engineering not elsewhere classified
5
60
Production & manufacturing engineering
10
64.3
Chemical, process & energy engineering
0
-
Chemical engineering
20
54.1
Others in engineering
0
-
Engineering not elsewhere classified
0
-
Biotechnology
5
42.9
Energy technologies
10
81.8
Total
340
71.1
2013/14
Subject
Employed
Employed %
General engineering
50
77.4
Fire safety engineering
10
91.7
Engineering design
15
59.3
Civil engineering
110
81.2
Structural engineering
10
88.9
Environmental engineering
20
94.7
Mechanical engineering
85
67.5
Aerospace engineering
5
43.8
Aeronautical engineering
0
-
Electronic & electrical engineering
45
90
Electronic engineering
10
61.1
Electronic & electrical engineering not elsewhere classified
10
88.9
Production & manufacturing engineering
15
100
Chemical, process & energy engineering
0
-
Chemical engineering
15
68
Others in engineering
0
-
Biotechnology
0
-
Energy technologies
5
100
Transport logistics
10
100
Total
415
76.8