> The annual What Do Graduates Do? report published on 3 November 2016 by HECSU, Prospects and the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) reports that graduates are working in more professional roles with the proportion in non-graduate jobs after six months falling from 32% in 2015 to 29% in 2016

> The number of first degrees awarded to UK domiciled graduates in 2014/15 was 312,330, down 25,900 on the previous year. As a consequence, the number known to have been in work after six months also fell from 199,810 in 2015 to 189,245 in 20161

> Students from more privileged backgrounds benefit from effective information, advice and guidance (IAG) from their schools, their parents and broader networks

> The report highlights the critical role of employers for improving social mobility, given the mass of evidence which points to socio-economic background still being the most important factor in determining a graduate’s career – often irrespective of the university attended

> The UKES 2016 survey of over 23,000 undergraduates is the only major undergraduate survey in the UK higher education sector that measures students’ engagement with their studies

> While overall 88% of undergraduates say they find their course challenging, just 51% reported that they have strongly developed the skills that ready them for the world of work and will help them get a job.

> UUK, Guild HE and HEFCE are surveying the English HE sector to see how it is engaging with and developing degree apprenticeships provision with an aim to produce a report outlining how the sector is responding to DA initiatives.

> Questions require detailed information about your institution’s view and position on degree apprenticeships, whether you are implementing them, considering their implementation or not.