Gatsby Benchmarks
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DRIVING FORWARD THE GATSBY REVOLUTION:
A MANIFESTO FOR CAREERS
A five-point careers manifesto urging the
next government to “drive forward the
Gatsby revolution” has been launched
by Careers England, with the Careers
Development Institute and the
International Centre for Guidance Studies.
This sets out five career-development
policies, including the need to fund all
schools and colleges to provide personal
guidance, delivered by qualified careers
advisers, to all pupils.
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It follows a Careers England survey,
published in November, showing that only
10% of schools have adequate funding for
careers guidance; 75% have insufficient,
limited or no funding.
Around a fifth of secondary schools/
academies in the survey reported
receiving less than £2K in funding per
annum. Given average size of secondary
school is circa 1,000, this equates to circa
£2 per student.
FIVE KEY CAREER DEVELOPMENT POLICIES FOR THE NEXT GOVERNMENT
Set out and implement a strategy for lifelong career development. This strategy should
make it clear what citizens should expect across their life course, addressing the
fragmentation, gaps and overlaps in the present career development system.
Start career education earlier. Young people form their ideas about careers long
before they enter the labour market. Ensuring that citizens gain a broad overview
of the possibilities for their lives before they have to start making decisions is essential.
Drive forward the ‘Gatsby revolution’ that has been started in secondary schools and
colleges. The Gatsby Benchmarks set out a clear model for what needs to happen
in secondary schools and colleges. There is a need to fund all schools and colleges to
provide personal guidance, delivered by qualified careers advisers, to all pupils; to extend
the coverage of the careers hubs and ensure that every school/college has a trained
careers leader.
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Place career development at the heart of post-compulsory education. A future
government should use its influence, and funding agreements with providers, to
drive up the consistency and quality of career development provision across the
post-secondary sector.
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Ensure that career development support is available to all young people, including
those not in school or college, and to all adults both in work and those out of work.
There is a need to improve the entitlement to ensure universal access to career support
for all working adults and for those who are out of work.
TOP 5 SUBJECTS FOR AVERAGE GRADUATE SALARIES*
RANK
SUBJECT SALARY
1 Dentistry £31,340
2 Medicine £30,636
3 General engineering £28,649
4 Economics £28,287
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Veterinary medicine
6 // NEWS ROUND-UP
£28,277
TOP 10 DEGREE SUBJECTS FOR
SECURING A GRADUATE JOB*
(Employability rates %)
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95
94
92
91
86
84
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80
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Dentistry
Veterinary
medicine
Medicine
Nursing
Physiotherapy
Medical
technology
Optometry,
ophthalmology
and orthopics
Occupational
therapy
Land and
property
management
Aural and
oral
sciences
Complementary
medicine
Building
*Source: Complete University Guide.
The rankings use the latest data from
the Higher Education Statistics
Agency, for the period 2016-2017.