a post by Conor D'Archy and Kathleen Henehan for the Resolution Foundation blog
From photos of jumping A level students to guides to freshers’ week, at this time of year it can feel like university is the only route taken by teenagers. But in fact, fewer than half of young people follow this seemingly well-trodden path at 18. And, as this morning’s ONS publication about non-graduates’ employment patterns reminds us, non-graduates are a diverse group with diverse outcomes in the world of work.
During 2017, the employment rate for non-graduates aged 22-29 was 78 per cent, compared to 90 per cent for their similarly-aged graduate counterparts. The proportion of young non-graduates classed as ‘economically inactive’ (meaning those not available nor looking for work) was 17 per cent, compared to just 6 percent for young graduates.
It would be wrong to think of non-graduates as a homogeneous block. As the chart below illustrates, roughly 60 per cent of today’s 22-29 year-olds are without a bachelor’s degree. But educational attainment varies widely within this group: 7 per cent of 22-29 year-olds have a Level 4 or 5 qualification (higher education below degree-level), nearly a quarter (24 per cent) have a Level 3 (A level or equivalent) qualification and just below a quarter (23 per cent) have a Level 2 (GCSE or equivalent) qualification. Another 8 per cent either have no formal qualifications or qualifications classed as ‘other.’
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