HESA Performance Indicator % in employment or further study Key: Institution 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 Key Competitors BU Indicator Aberystwyth University 89.4 88.4 85.5 91.4 92.1 95.1 96.8 Current Anglia Ruskin University 89.8 88.2 92.6 91.3 89.8 91.8 92.8 Aspirational Aston University 92.1 91.5 91.9 91.7 95.8 91 91.5 Stretch Aspirational Stretch Aspirational Bangor University 89 88.5 90.7 93.8 91.9 92.8 92.1 Bath Spa University 91.2 93.2 93.8 94.9 93.7 93.9 96.1 Birkbeck College - - 84 - 97.7 94 91.7 Birmingham City University 85.4 89.9 90 90.1 92.8 91.8 97.4 Bishop Grosseteste University 94.3 97 96.5 98.1 97.2 97.5 96.9 Bournemouth University 90.3 91.5 91.6 93.3 93.6 92.3 93.1 Brunel University London 89.8 91.1 90.7 91.7 93.6 93.9 92.9 Current Buckinghamshire New University 84.2 84.4 92.3 92.7 94.6 94.9 92 Canterbury Christ Church University 92.8 94 92.9 93.2 94.1 94.2 93 Cardiff Metropolitan University 90.3 95 94.1 94.1 95.6 94.8 95.8 Cardiff University 92.6 93.7 95.1 95.5 94.1 94.8 95.7 Aspirational City, University of London 88.8 87.6 90.5 91.7 92.6 89.9 87.8 Aspirational Conservatoire for Dance and Drama - - 91.1 93.4 94.7 84.6 96.3 Courtauld Institute of Art 94.4 96.7 97.1 97.3 96.7 100 91.2 Coventry University 92.2 93.2 94.1 94.3 94.1 97.1 97.6 De Montfort University 87.8 87.4 93.8 95.8 95.1 96.7 97.3 Edge Hill University 92.4 93.4 93.5 93.7 95.3 95.5 96.6 Edinburgh Napier University 93.6 92.3 95.4 95.2 95.1 95.1 95 Falmouth University 91.5 91.6 91.7 95.1 96.5 94.4 96 Glasgow Caledonian University 93.5 96.2 94.8 94.7 95.8 97.2 95 Glasgow School of Art 89.4 89.8 92.1 92.3 93.3 92.9 91.5 Glyndŵr University 89.5 87.8 89.7 92.6 92.1 93 90.5 Goldsmiths College 87.5 83.6 91.7 92 93.4 88.7 89 Guildhall School of Music and Drama 92.8 88.1 88.2 92.5 93.2 96.3 100 Harper Adams University 98.3 96 96.2 96 99.4 98 97.2 Heriot-Watt University 94.1 93.9 92.6 94.6 93.8 95.9 95.2 Heythrop College 93.2 91.8 87.9 91.8 97.8 95 90.6 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 91.7 90.4 93.3 93.5 92.8 93.4 92.6 Keele University 94.5 93 93 95.8 97.5 96 96.1 Aspirational King's College London 95.2 94 94.2 94.8 96.1 96.4 93.2 Kingston University 83.4 84.9 89 91.3 93.5 95.1 89.6 Leeds Arts University - 92.8 90.5 89.7 94.9 89.3 92.3 Leeds Beckett University 89.9 90.9 93.7 93.4 96.7 96.2 92.7 Leeds Trinity University 93 90.8 94.1 95.1 95 96.8 94.8 Liverpool Hope University 89.4 91.6 92.8 91.9 96.2 96.5 98.1 Liverpool John Moores University 90.2 91.3 92.3 92.4 93.4 95.1 95.5 London Metropolitan University 87.9 83.3 81.4 88.8 89.4 93.3 95.5 London School of Economics and Political Science 92 90.4 89.2 88.6 89.8 91.9 92.4 London South Bank University 78.1 77.4 85.5 90.2 90.8 94.6 95.3 Loughborough University 91.3 92.5 93.6 94.2 94.5 94.7 94 Middlesex University 83.3 82.3 87.2 90.5 91.1 88.6 90.6 Newcastle University 93.4 95.2 93.7 94.1 94 94.6 95.3 Newman University 85 93.4 91.1 92 94 91.3 93.5 Norwich University of the Arts 90.7 90.8 91.6 94.4 95.3 94.7 93.7 Oxford Brookes University 91.9 90.2 93.5 92.7 91.9 92.6 94.2 Current Plymouth College of Art - - - - 83.4 89.6 90.9 Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh 90.9 93.8 93.3 94.4 91.9 98.2 97.1 Queen Mary University of London 90.3 87.5 91.4 91.9 94.2 90.9 91.5 Queen's University Belfast 92.9 93.5 93.8 94.6 93.5 94.4 96 Ravensbourne 84.5 96.1 91.3 97.2 95.3 94.7 96.4 Roehampton University 88.7 88.4 92.3 90.8 92.9 92.2 93.1 Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance 81.8 - 85.7 90.2 86.3 93.9 88 Royal Academy of Music 97.2 100 90.6 94.3 100 100 97.6 Royal Agricultural University 91.3 93.4 96.3 98.2 93.7 91 93.2 Royal College of Music 97.1 98 100 100 100 96.2 100 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 96.6 93 91.7 98 97.2 97.1 99.2 Royal Holloway and Bedford New College 90.8 88.5 92.7 90.8 93 92.2 92.5 Royal Northern College of Music 88.7 93.4 96.6 97.8 100 100 98.9 Sheffield Hallam University 90 89 93.9 92.8 93.5 93.2 94.1 SOAS University of London 88.3 88.3 89.8 91.8 91.5 88.7 88.5 Solent University 88.1 86.1 87.6 90.2 90.7 95.2 93.9 SRUC - - 92.6 89.6 92.2 91.5 88.2 St George's, University of London 96.3 94.4 95.6 97 99.1 99.2 97.8 St Mary's University College 89.9 96.6 97 96.7 97.2 95.9 99.4 St Mary's University, Twickenham 92.7 94.2 95.3 95.9 95.3 95.4 93.2 Staffordshire University 83.8 84.4 84 88.1 88.2 97.5 95.6 Stranmillis University College 97.2 96.1 95.1 97.1 99.4 100 99 Swansea University 91.1 93 93.6 94.8 93.2 95.9 99.1 Teesside University 83.3 84 86.7 88.1 89.7 92.4 93.6 The Arts University Bournemouth 97.7 96.7 97.5 97.4 95.6 98 96.2 The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts 90.8 87.9 91.1 94.5 93.1 96.4 92.1 The Manchester Metropolitan University 89 88.6 89 92 92.4 92.6 93.1 The Nottingham Trent University 93.6 92.6 91.7 93.1 94 95.7 96.8 The Robert Gordon University 97.1 97.7 97.7 97.2 96.5 96.3 97.6 The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 96.7 95.4 96.3 96.2 95.1 95.5 91.4 The Royal Veterinary College 93.9 91.4 90.4 96.6 98.1 96.9 98.1 The University of Aberdeen 93.7 93.8 95.3 95.8 96.6 95.1 94.6 The University of Bath 93.4 93.2 94.3 93.9 94.4 93 94 The University of Birmingham 91.2 92.8 94.1 95.1 94.5 94.8 95.3 The University of Bolton 78.8 81.1 82.4 85.7 85.9 85.5 82.3 The University of Bradford 85.5 86.4 86.9 90 90.9 92.2 93.2 The University of Brighton 88.7 89.1 89.6 92 92.9 94.4 92.6 The University of Bristol 93.4 94.4 93.9 93.4 93.1 93.2 92.5 The University of Buckingham - 96.9 97.3 98.1 - 92.8 91.8 The University of Cambridge 91.6 94.9 95.5 95.3 95.1 94.6 93.1 The University of Central Lancashire 86.9 90.3 92.2 92.6 92.2 93.9 95.5 The University of Chichester 88.5 92.5 93.6 95.5 94.2 95.4 93.7 The University of Dundee 92.6 93.5 92.7 94.8 96.2 95.8 96.4 The University of East Anglia 91.2 91.9 92.4 94.5 95.5 95.4 96.3 The University of East London 79.4 79.4 85.6 86.4 88.3 88.9 91 The University of Edinburgh 93.6 93 94.6 93.5 93.5 92.8 94.3 The University of Essex 88.1 87.2 91.2 92.7 96 95.4 94.1 Aspirational The University of Exeter 91.8 93.4 93.9 95.3 94.3 94.9 95.2 Stretch Aspirational The University of Glasgow 94.9 91.6 93.6 92.9 94.9 95.9 95.9 The University of Greenwich 83.5 84.2 85.9 88.4 93.2 90.8 89.9 The University of Huddersfield 93.5 92.6 93.8 94.9 94.5 95.9 97.3 The University of Hull 93.2 87.5 93.1 94.9 96.1 96.1 95.9 The University of Kent 92.1 92.9 94.1 94.3 95.9 96.1 95.1 The University of Lancaster 94.4 92.9 94.2 97 95.9 96.8 97 The University of Leeds 92.6 92.1 92.6 94.5 95.8 95.8 96.7 The University of Leicester 90.8 92.9 93.4 93.2 93.8 95 94.4 Aspirational The University of Lincoln 91.9 91.2 91.7 92.5 95 94.8 95.6 The University of Liverpool 91.3 92.4 92.2 94.8 94.7 94.7 96.9 The University of Manchester 91 91 92.2 93.9 94 93.2 93.6 The University of Oxford 90.4 92 91.4 94.7 92.7 94.4 93.4 The University of Portsmouth 90.3 88.4 92.2 92.3 92.7 96.5 97.5 Current The University of Reading 92.1 91.8 93 93.8 94.8 94.6 94.2 Stretch Aspirational The University of Salford 85.7 86.9 85.9 88.5 87 92.1 92.8 The University of Sheffield 91.5 93 93.9 93.7 94.3 95 95.1 The University of Southampton 90.6 93 92.9 93.9 94.1 95.4 95.5 Stretch Aspirational The University of St Andrews 93.5 92.9 93.9 94.7 95.8 94.9 95.2 The University of Stirling 93 94 93.8 96 96.8 96.4 97.1 The University of Strathclyde 92.3 93.2 93.8 91.3 96.2 95.8 94 The University of Sunderland 84 85.3 87.1 92.5 94 94.2 93.4 The University of Surrey 94 92.7 96.9 96.9 95.6 91.9 94.2 The University of Sussex 87.2 90 95.7 95.6 95.8 95.1 95.3 Stretch Aspirational The University of the West of Scotland 87.8 84.7 88.9 92.7 94.7 93.1 94.8 The University of Warwick 89.7 92.3 91.7 91.9 93 91.6 93.2 The University of West London 91.3 94 94.9 95.9 96.1 97.1 97.8 The University of Westminster 81.4 84.4 88.4 89.9 94.3 89.4 92.4 The University of Winchester 89.8 92.1 89.9 94.7 93.2 94.2 93.6 The University of Wolverhampton 83.7 88.5 92.2 94.2 96.1 96.3 95.5 The University of York 91.5 93.8 91.7 93.6 94.6 95.5 94.3 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance - 98.9 98.8 99.1 - 97.3 96.8 Ulster University 88.7 88.1 89.7 92.5 93 93.9 94.4 University College Birmingham 81.4 86.2 88.3 87.8 86.6 87.1 92.1 University College London 92.3 90.6 94.1 94.1 95.9 96.8 92.6 University for the Creative Arts 86.9 87.3 89.5 91.9 94.5 94.6 96.9 University of Abertay Dundee 89.2 92.1 88.4 91.9 92.8 93.7 95.4 University of Bedfordshire 87.6 88.3 87.2 88.3 89.7 91.9 91.4 University of Chester 92.4 92.2 95.2 95.1 94.3 95.3 95.6 University of Cumbria 88.7 89.2 91.4 93.4 96.9 92.9 95.4 University of Derby 85.8 96.1 96.7 96.9 96 96.3 96 University of Durham 92.2 91.6 91.4 93.9 94.3 93.5 92.7 University of Gloucestershire 91.7 90.3 94.3 94.3 95 94.4 95.3 University of Hertfordshire 86.6 88.8 93.2 95.2 96.2 96.1 96.5 University of Northumbria at Newcastle 89.6 91.8 92 93.7 93 94.7 95.5 Current University of Nottingham 91.8 93.9 93.1 93.7 94.3 93.7 96.6 University of Plymouth 91.4 89.1 89.9 91.6 92.7 93 93 University of South Wales 93 92.2 93.5 94 94 94.9 95 University of St Mark and St John 90.2 93.5 94.6 94.3 95.1 95.8 92.9 University of Suffolk 89.2 91.6 90.4 92.9 92.3 94.5 94.5 University of the Arts, London 84.4 83.4 91.9 91.7 95.1 96.4 92.9 University of the Highlands and Islands 88.6 90.8 91.9 91.7 91.7 92.9 93.2 University of the West of England, Bristol 92.9 94.4 95 94.6 95.6 95.1 95.6 Current University of Wales Trinity Saint David 90.1 91.5 91.1 91.7 89.6 94.1 96.8 University of Worcester 90 92.3 92.8 92.1 95.8 94.9 95.6 Writtle University College 82.6 87.1 84.2 90.6 85.4 94 91 York St