GRADUATES from Scotland's academy of performing arts are the most employable in Scotland.
New figures show the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is the best in the country for graduate employability - and fourth in the UK.
More than 99 per cent of graduates from the conservatoire are in employment or further education six months after graduating.
Robert Gordon University, in Aberdeen, has the second highest employability in Scotland with 97.6 per cent of students securing a job or further study.
Professor Jeffrey Sharkey, principal of the conservatoire, said graduates made a lasting impact across the globe in their specialist fields.
He said: "The conservatoire is the only place in Europe where you can study all of the performing arts on the one campus and our innovative, multi-disciplinary curriculum equips students with the skills, knowledge and experience to enable them to flourish in the professional world.
“Scotland’s national conservatoire is already recognised as one of the most distinctive institutions of its kind in the world and this latest endorsement further cements our status as a national and international centre of excellence for the performing arts.”
David Lott, deputy director of Universities Scotland, said the overall figures showed Scottish universities were leading the way in the UK.
He said: "Of all students who graduated last year, some 95.3 per cent were in employment or further study which is higher than the UK average and a real testament to the time and energy our institutions are investing in employability and ensuring that graduates are ready for the world of work.
"Taken together with recent data revealing that graduates from Scottish universities earn more on average than graduates from elsewhere in the UK, these results demonstrate that our graduates can look forward to very successful careers after their studies."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel