New figures published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), have revealed that a third of working graduates took up jobs such as road sweepers, cleaners and office juniors, six months after to graduating from university.
There were Over 60,000 students in "non-professional" roles, working in domains such as administration and secretarial, skilled trades, service and caring industries and sales and customer service.
However, the number represents a slight decline from two years ago. The new figures also revealed that almost 16,730 were unemployed six months after leaving university.
Overall, around 16,730 UK and EU full-time university leavers (7%) were assumed to be jobless after completing their first degree in the 2013/14 academic year.
