The need for more information on the career situation of University graduates has long been felt. Following the success of the previous two studies, the Students' Advisory Services, within the Office of the Registrar, in collaboration with the Centre for Labour Studies at the University carried out the third tracer study, Career outcomes of graduates 2004, to provide a scientific tool for career guidance.

The research project's main objective is to examine the career outcomes of University graduates in 2004. The study aims to:

1. Investigate the graduates' pre-graduation profile by examining their parents' education and occupation, the graduates' age, sex, qualification, classification, and any previous work experience;

2. Assess the career outcomes of graduates nine months after completing their last University exams;

3. Analyse the graduates' job-related attitudes; and

4. Examine the specific relationships that may exist between graduates' career outcomes and sex, age, classification and faculty or institute.

This will help the Students' Advisory Services and others in career guidance work to base their help on more scientific information and help the University in the periodic review of the courses being offered.

The findings were published with the assistance of Euroguidance Malta within the Leonardo Da Vinci Programme of the EUPU. Besides a preface by the Rector, Professor Roger Ellul-Micallef, and a foreword by the Minister of Education, Youth and Employment, Minister Louis Galea, the book also includes reviews of the results by stakeholders in the sector.

Among other findings, the study shows that in their first year after graduating most students are in full time employment and earn the equivalent of the average National Maltese Wage. It was found that 40 per cent of new graduates had found employment that did not specifically require their university qualification, although their university education is certainly an asset in their job.

The study is accessible online on: http://home.um.edu.mt/sas/research_2005.

Anybody wishing to have more details on the study can contact Students' Advisory Services on 2340-2034 or e-mail sas@um.edu.mt.

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