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Friday, February 26th, 2010

Job Market for Ethnic Minority Graduates Looks Grim

A recent report has confirmed that for ethnic minority students finding employment opportunities has become a challenge as compared with white students, in spite of a steady rise in the number of graduates from these backgrounds.

The Race for Opportunity report entitled Race for Higher Education, showed that there has been an all-time high in the number of Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background students graduating from UK universities - almost twice as compared with the year 1995-1996.

The BAME population between age groups 18- 24 has also grown to almost 14% in the year 2007-2008 from a mere 7.7% in the year 1995-1996. Given this, the growth in the BAME segment in universities has been proportional to the increase in their population. However, statistics have shown that in the year 2007-2008 an additional 10% of white students have found jobs within a year of graduation when compared with the 56.3 % BAME students who were employed within the same time span.

Oxford and Cambridge, the two of the most esteemed universities in the UK still have a lower number of BAME students as compared with the number of Chinese students and students of mixed ethnicities. The Russell Group universities, also typically have a lower number of ethnic minority students. Exceptions are Russell Group universities which are London-based like the London School of Economics and the King’s College. These have a high BAME-student population; proving the fact that ethnic minorities at the Russell Group universities have a varied representation.

Sandra Kerr, the National Campaign Director at Race for Opportunity was optimistic in her reaction to the report. She pointed out that though they constitute a very small proportion of the general population, a significant proportion of ethnic minority students graduated from universities offering higher education. However, it is necessary to bring in more BAME students into elite institutions like Oxford and Cambridge. Only then can there be any material improvement in the number of BAME persons holding top management positions.

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