School of
Modern Languages

Graduate Destinations

What our students said last summer!

"Despite having completed my final exams less than one month ago, my degree from Leicester has already been instrumental in securing several interviews for graduate level positions."
Charlotte Graves, BA French (2004)

"Although it is always challenging searching for jobs, I have had no problem finding suitable jobs to go for, and employers seem impressed with someone who can speak two or more languages - the feedback I have had is brilliant."
Richard Ginns, BA French and Italian (2004)

Table 1. University of Leicester Graduates in employment or further study in the year following graduation

	Leicester Language Graduates	National Average (Languages)
2001	87%	85%
2000	90%	88%
1999	91%	89%
1998	87%	90%

Source: First Destination Survey (Leicester) - 1998-2001

Table 2. Language graduates and the jobs they go into

Business Services	26.9%
Banking / Finance	13.1%
Wholesale / Retail	11.8%
Manufacturing	10.1%
Public Administration	7.9%
Community / Social Services	7.7%
Education	6.5%
Transport / Communications	5.7%
Hotels & Restaurants	3.7%
International Organisations	0.2%
Other Areas	2.5%

Source: Keith Marshall, 2002

Table 3. First Destination of Language graduates from the University of Leicester

Danish Management	Financial Consultant
Cicero Languages International	Translations Project Manager
Man Ltd	Investment Analyst
Hays Accountancy Personnel	Recruitment Consultant
Norske Interiors UK Ltd	Sales Executive
Eurostar	Customer Relations Officer
Face 2 Face Fundraising Ltd	Professional Fundraiser
The Register	Reviews foreign TV Ads
Usborne Publishing Ltd	Production/ Editorial Assistant
Idea Global	Corporate Relations Assistant
Monica Pele Linguistics	Translator
SMI Conferences	Conference Producer
William M. Mercer	Legal Consultant
Macmillan Publishers	Arts Sales Executive
John Gordon Walton	Trainee Chartered Accountant
Agenda TV	TV Researcher/Reporter
Thomson Financial	International Mortgage Fund Specialist

Source: First Destination Survey (Leicester) - 1998-2001

Table 4. Language graduates also pursue further training - and it's not just teaching

MA in Applied Translation	MA in Interpretation and Translation
MA in Sociolinguistics	MSc in Criminology
MA in International Relations	MSc in European Social Policy
MA in European Security Studies	MA in Mass Communications
MA in Politics	MA in Psychology
MA in Film Studies	MA in French Literature
MA in Political Philosophy	Mphil in Russian/ East European Studies
PGCE in French and in Spanish	Postgraduate Diploma in Law
Diploma in European Business Administration

Source: First Destination Survey (Leicester) - 1998-2001