Executive refutes claims that humanities grads are 'least employable'

Chief executive of the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) Margaret Dane has said claims that people with vocational degrees have a greater chance of getting a job than those with arts or humanities degrees are not necessarily true.

She said that a vocational degree will not guarantee graduates a job, despite myths claiming otherwise and that broader degrees may actually be advantageous.

"Many [arts and humanities graduates] have precisely the broad education, thinking and communication skills that employers are seeking. They are often more adaptable and flexible than their more narrowly trained contemporaries," she said.

In the 2007 UK Graduate Careers Survey by High Fliers Research, only 27 per cent of arts or humanities students surveyed thought that they would be able to get a job after leaving university, compared with 62 per cent of IT students, 58 per cent of those on engineering courses and 57 per cent of business or finance students.

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