Moving along the STEM Pipeline? The Long-Term Employment Patterns of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths Graduates in the United Kingdom

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Emma; White, Patrick
Titel	Moving along the STEM Pipeline? The Long-Term Employment Patterns of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths Graduates in the United Kingdom
Quelle	In: Research Papers in Education, 37 (2022) 4, S.457-478 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-1522
DOI	10.1080/02671522.2020.1849374
Schlagwörter	STEM Education; College Graduates; Employment Level; Employment Opportunities; STEM Careers; Skilled Workers; Foreign Countries; Public Policy; Labor Market; Supply and Demand; Labor Needs; Employers; Age Groups; Career Change; Career Choice; Employment Patterns; Trend Analysis; United Kingdom; European Union + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Beschäftigungsgrad; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Facharbeiter; Ausland; Öffentliche Ordnung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Bedarfsplanung; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Age grop; Altersgruppe; Career changes; Berufswechsel; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Trendanalyse; Großbritannien
Abstract	Concerns over the supply of highly-skilled (HS) science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) workers are well established and have been a feature of policy discourse in the UK for more than 50 years. Since the 2016 referendum on leaving the European Union, these concerns have been exacerbated by uncertainty about the movement of labour between UK and Europe. More recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of STEM skills in a wide range of areas. However, despite continued government investment in initiatives to address these concerns, the evidence base for shortages is neither well-established nor compatible with economic theories of labour supply. In order to fill a gap in the current evidence, we report on a unique analysis following the career destinations of STEM graduates from the 1970 British Cohort Study. While only a minority of STEM graduates ever work in highly-skilled STEM jobs, we identified three particular characteristics of the STEM labour market that may present challenges for employers: STEM employment appears to be predicated on early entry to the sector; a large proportion of STEM graduates are likely to never work in the sector; and there may be more movement out of HS STEM positions by older workers than in other sectors. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01