Graduate Management Trainee - Nationwide
Enterprise Mobility
Competitive
South East, South West, London, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, North East, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Yorkshire, Nationwide
Trainee Recruitment Consultant
G2V Recruitment Group Ltd
22,500
Wales, Cardiff
2025 National Detective Programme - Police Now - Register your interest
Police Now
£26,682
South East, South West, London, The East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, North East, Yorkshire, Nationwide
Trainee Recruitment Consultant (Graduate Role)
G2V Recruitment Group Ltd
22500
Wales, Nationwide, International (Europe), Cardiff
Graduate Management Trainee - Cardiff
Enterprise Mobility
Competitive
Wales, Cardiff
MDS Graduate Scheme - Wales - Spring 2024 Start Dates
MDS
£24,000
Wales
KPMG 2024 Graduate Audit - ACA Cardiff Autumn 2024
KPMG
Competitive
Wales, Cardiff
MDS Leadership & Management Scheme - Wales
MDS
£24,000
Wales
MDS Graduate Scheme - Wales
MDS
£24,000
Wales
To see whether graduates from Wales showed any major differences between themselves and the rest of the UK (rUK), we took a look at the graduates from Welsh universities between the 2009 and 2014 to see if graduates from Wales showed any remarkable difference in their attainment, ambition and employability.
Starting by looking at their sector choices, graduates from Wales were not too different from the rest of the UK, with the top two most popular sectors being the same as the rest of the UK's. The one thing that did stand out was the proportion of the graduates from Wales who wanted to work in Management. The 36.4% of graduates who wanted to work in this particular sector was well ahead of the 28.5% national average, and proportionally much higher than any other city or part of the UK.
In terms of degree classifications awarded from Welsh universities, it appears that it is much more difficult to be awarded the top mark of a First Class degree, with graduates from Wales being among the lowest in the UK. The amount of graduates who left a Welsh university with a First Class degree stood at 8.3%, much lower than the national average of 9.8%, with only Nottingham, Sheffield and Northern Ireland where an even lower percentage of graduates achieved a First.
However, graduates from Wales are nearly as likely to receive a 2.1 classification for their degree, with 48% of graduates from Wales receiving this level of degree and the national average standing at 48.1%.
Work experience is often believed to be the counter part of a graduate's degree, so that they can prove to employers they are the full package. Graduates from Wales are no exception to the problems that employers are finding. Only 15.3% of graduates from Welsh universities had work experience, although this was not that far off the national average of 16.6%. Graduates from Welsh universities are also not the worst, with Liverpool and Newcastle having even lower percentage of graduates with work experience.
