AQW 49092/11-16 Written question to the Minister for Employment and Learning
To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning for his assessment of the rate of post-qualification employment for students studying and training in the local advanced manufacturing and engineering services sector.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 24 September 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 24 September 2015
- Answer due by
- 9 October 2015
- Answered
- 8 October 201514 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Employment and Learning
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The tables on the attached Annex A contain post-qualification employment rate data for the advanced manufacturing and engineering services sector for 2011 to 2014. The latest available destination data is for the 2013/14 academic year. This information is supplied by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), which is the official agency for the collection of information on publicly funded HE institutions in the UK.
The data shows that the post-qualification employment rate for this sector increased by 5.7% from 2011 to 2014 - this is an encouraging trend.
Annex A
2011/12
| Subject | Employed | Employed % |
| General engineering | 35 | 70.2 |
| Safety engineering | 5 | 100 |
| Fire safety engineering | 10 | 50 |
| Engineering design | 5 | 38.5 |
| Civil engineering | 100 | 71.7 |
| Structural engineering | 5 | 60 |
| Environmental engineering | 20 | 76.9 |
| Mechanical engineering | 60 | 80.3 |
| Aerospace engineering | 15 | 63 |
| Electronic & electrical engineering | 25 | 88.9 |
| Electronic engineering | 10 | 72.7 |
| Production & manufacturing engineering | 20 | 75 |
| Manufacturing systems engineering | 0 | - |
| Chemical, process & energy engineering | 0 | - |
| Chemical engineering | 10 | 52.6 |
| Biotechnology | 5 | 71.4 |
| Energy technologies | 15 | 81.3 |
| Musical instrument technology | 10 | 61.1 |
| Total | 340 | 71.1 |
2012/13
| Subject | Employed | Employed % |
| General engineering | 50 | 78.8 |
| Safety engineering | 0 | - |
| Fire safety engineering | 5 | 85.7 |
| Engineering design | 5 | 85.7 |
| Civil engineering | 80 | 73.4 |
| Structural engineering | 5 | 71.4 |
| Environmental engineering | 20 | 76 |
| Mechanical engineering | 90 | 75.8 |
| Aerospace engineering | 10 | 57.1 |
| Aeronautical engineering | 5 | 60 |
| Electronic & electrical engineering | 20 | 66.7 |
| Electronic engineering | 15 | 84.2 |
| Telecommunications engineering | 5 | 100 |
| Electronic & electrical engineering not elsewhere classified | 5 | 60 |
| Production & manufacturing engineering | 10 | 64.3 |
| Chemical, process & energy engineering | 0 | - |
| Chemical engineering | 20 | 54.1 |
| Others in engineering | 0 | - |
| Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | - |
| Biotechnology | 5 | 42.9 |
| Energy technologies | 10 | 81.8 |
| Total | 340 | 71.1 |
2013/14
| Subject | Employed | Employed % |
| General engineering | 50 | 77.4 |
| Fire safety engineering | 10 | 91.7 |
| Engineering design | 15 | 59.3 |
| Civil engineering | 110 | 81.2 |
| Structural engineering | 10 | 88.9 |
| Environmental engineering | 20 | 94.7 |
| Mechanical engineering | 85 | 67.5 |
| Aerospace engineering | 5 | 43.8 |
| Aeronautical engineering | 0 | - |
| Electronic & electrical engineering | 45 | 90 |
| Electronic engineering | 10 | 61.1 |
| Electronic & electrical engineering not elsewhere classified | 10 | 88.9 |
| Production & manufacturing engineering | 15 | 100 |
| Chemical, process & energy engineering | 0 | - |
| Chemical engineering | 15 | 68 |
| Others in engineering | 0 | - |
| Biotechnology | 0 | - |
| Energy technologies | 5 | 100 |
| Transport logistics | 10 | 100 |
| Total | 415 | 76.8 |