Graduate Outcomes Survey Staff Information

  • Power BI Graduate Outcomes Dashboard for staff: Insight Hub

Planning, Insight & Analytics (PIA) operate this survey for the University with the help of other key services in the university. The Graduate Outcomes survey, which replaced the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE), is run in conjunction with the HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) to find out what recent graduates go on to do ~15 months after they have graduated.  This will help current and future students gain an insight into career destinations and development and the University to shape programmes for students who are following in their footsteps. 

Background

Please see the Graduate Outcomes Student/Graduate Information for further background.

As per the HESA suggested graduate contact plan, PIA contact students before they leave, 6 months after leaving, 12 months after leaving and just prior to the survey commencing. This is to encourage them to supply us with the most up-to-date contact details for use during the survey and to make them aware of the purpose and branding of the survey in order to encourage them to complete this when they are asked to. 

The timeline of the process is roughly as follows. There are 4 cohorts of graduates who leave each year and the following is done for each of these cohorts (largest in the summer):

  1. We contact the students before they leave to introduce the survey and branding and to request that they update their MyCampus contact details.
  2. 6 months after they leave we contact the (now) graduates to remind them of the survey and branding.
  3. 12 months later we contact them again to remind them of the survey and branding.
  4. 14 months later we securely upload their contact details to HESA to meet quarterly deadlines.
  5. Just prior to the survey we email them again to encourage participation.
  6. ~15 months after they leave HESA conducts the survey and the survey is open for 3 months.
  7. ~9 months after the last of the 4 cohorts (summer cohort) has been surveyed, we receive raw survey results and analyse and publish high level summaries for staff. 

As an example, this is the timeline for the summer cohort that left in July 2023:

  1. May 2023 - We contact the students before they leave to introduce the survey and branding and to request that they update their MyCampus contact details.
  2. January 2024 - 6 months after they leave we contact the (now) graduates to remind them of the survey and branding.
  3. July 2024 - 12 months later we contact them again to remind them of the survey and branding.
  4. August 2024 - 13 months later we securely upload their contact details to HESA to meet quarterly deadlines.
  5. August 2024 - Just prior to the survey we email them again to encourage participation.
  6. Start of September 2024 ~15 months after they leave HESA conducts the survey and the survey is open for 3 months until the end of November 2024.
  7. August 2025 ~9 months after the last of the 4 cohorts (summer cohort) has been surveyed, we receive raw survey results and analyse and publish high level summaries for staff.


Graduate Outcomes Survey Outputs 

 

HESA Operational Resources


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To receive emails to keep up-to-date with HESA deadlines, guidance and communication resources:


Communications Resources


Guidance for providing Contact Details to HESA

A task performed by PIA 4 times a year for the 4 graduating cohorts every 3 months (largest in the summer). 

  1. Operational Survey Information
  2. Graduate Outcomes Contact Details return to HESA - to provide HESA with graduate contact details so that they can be contacted for the survey (4 cohort returns annually) using:

 
Further Help

If you have any questions, please submit a Help Desk Request > Help with a PIA-managed Student Survey > and choose the appropriate Subcategory.

Updated March 2025

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Purpose: The Graduate Outcomes survey, which replaced the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE), is run by HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) to find out what recent graduates go on to do after they have graduated.  This will help current and future students gain an insight into career destinations and development and the University to shape programmes for students who are following in their footsteps. 

Population: All graduates

Timing: ~15 months after graduation.  There are 4 separate cohorts each year

Contacting us:  Contact us

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