60% of the UK’s Industry Leaders Have a Humanities Degree

2012-02-24 01:38 PMStatistics

According to the New College of the Humanities (NCH), a whopping proportion (60%) of the people at the top of their profession in the UK studied a humanities, social science or arts degree. The degrees of over 800 professionals were investigated as part of the study, including MPs and CEOs of FTSE 100 companies. Only 15% of the industry leaders who took part in the study had studied science, technology, engineering or mathematics subjects at university…

Which Universities Have the Lowest Intake of State School Students?

2012-01-03 10:38 AMStatistics

Some universities have a significantly lower number of state school students than the national average. So who are the worst culprits? Place your bets now, as we reveal who had the lowest intake of state school students in 2010. We’ll give you...

Who wants to be a (university-educated) millionaire?

2011-11-11 11:13 AMStatistics

Which university can count the most millionaires amongst its alumni? Who churns out the fat cats? A survey of 549 self-made millionaires has revealed that it’s the University of London, not Oxford or Cambridge, that produces the most millionaires...

How does your birth month affect your career prospects?

2011-11-04 05:24 PMStatistics

Those born in September are more likely to do better at school and attend a Russell Group university than those born in August. We sift through the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ latest report to discover just how your birth month might affect...

Will your qualifications affect how much you earn?

2011-11-04 05:19 PMStatistics

Qualifications: are they really that important? Teachers are always banging on about the importance of doing well in your GCSEs, A-levels and degree, but what’s the real difference between leaving school with no qualifications and graduating from...