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Graduate Outcomes

Graduate Outcomes

What is the Graduate Outcomes Survey?

Managed by the , the is a nation-wide survey, aimed at capturing information about graduates’ perspectives and activities 15 months after they finish their studies. 

All graduates who completed a course at BNU will be invited to take part in the survey.  Your participation in the survey is important as your responses will help our current and future students gain an insight into career opportunities after university, as well as help us to evaluate, plan and promote our offering at BNU.  

The survey is also of national significance as it allows policy makers, charities, journalists, researchers and others to understand the higher education sector and the state of the graduate labour market.

The results of the Graduate Outcomes Survey are helpful to us all. The information collected:

  • measures graduate progression into high level employment, further study or other positive outcomes.
  • prepares graduates for the ever-changing job market.
  • helps us to develop and promote our courses at BNU.
  • influences our position in league tables and rankings such as the TEF (Teaching Excellence Framework).

Approximately 15 months after you complete your studies, you will receive an email from HESA inviting you to complete the survey online.  HESA may also contact you by telephone and ask you to complete the survey over the phone.  If you are not contactable, HESA may seek the information from a third party, such as a family member.

Before you start the survey, HESA will provide detailed information about how your data will be processed, who will receive it, and what they will use it for.

HESA will share your responses with us and we will use them for evaluation, planning, marketing and recruitment purposes.

It is not compulsory to complete the survey.  When you are contacted by HESA, you will be able to opt out and you will not be contacted again.  You can only opt-out of the through HESA. However, we really hope you will take part in the survey as we’d like to learn more about your activities and perspectives after you graduate. 

We will pass on your contact information to HESA.  All you need to do is make sure we have accurate contact information for you after your graduate – especially a valid email address.

We are required to share your contact information with HESA for the purposes of conducting the . 

Your contact information will only be used by HESA to send you the survey. As noted above, it is not compulsory to complete the survey. When you are contacted by HESA, you will be able to opt out and you will not be contacted again.

Further information about how we handle and use your personal information can be found on this page on our website.

HESA supports the advancement of the higher education sector by collecting and publishing timely and reliable data about the sector.

We will provide further information about the survey shortly before you are invited to complete it.

Further information

If you have any other questions about HESA and data protection, please see the of the HESA website or contact HESA's Data Protection Officer:

If you have any questions which are not answered above, please contact the HESA Liaison Team by emailing liaison@hesa.ac.uk or calling +44 (0)1242 211144.