Reports and statistics

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Current reports and research

Sällskapsdjur – en framtidsbransch (Domestic Animals – a Sector with a Future)
Report produced by the Swedish Board of Domestic Animal Professionals, 2011
The report is the first comprehensive survey conducted by the Swedish domestic animal sector. The study found that more than 15 000 Swedes work in the various domestic animal professions (excluding horses and farm animals) and future prospects remain bright.

Higher Education Programmes and the Labour Market. Basis for Planning for the Academic Year of 2010/11
Rapport 2010:1 R by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, 2010
Using Statistics Sweden figures, the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education has projected future labour market balance between the needs of employers and the number of new university graduates. The results have been published in a fresh report.

Establishment on the Labour Market — Graduates 2006/07
Report 2010:19 R by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, 2010
Since 2003, the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education has analysed how well students at Sweden’s institutions of higher education have established themselves in the labour market 12-18 months after graduation. The new features of this year’s report are that differences are measured between graduates with Swedish and foreign background, as well as between employees and entrepreneurs. The report found that 80 per cent of 2006/07 graduates were established in the labour market in 2008. The great majority had a profession that required higher education.

Doktorsexaminerade etablering på arbetsmarknaden (Establishment in the Labour Market – People with Doctoral Degrees)
Report 2010:21 R by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, 2010
The Swedish National Agency of Higher Education studied people with doctoral degrees to determine how well they establish themselves in the labour market and what kinds of professions they are pursuing. Almost 90 per cent of the 7,400 people who received a doctoral degree in 2000, 2002 and 2005 had established themselves in the labour market in 2008. Approximately 95 per cent of them were in a profession with the highest level of qualifications.

The Entrance to the Labour Market. University Graduates School Year 2006/07
Report by Statistics Sweden, July 2010
The report sheds light on employment in April 2010 among people who graduated from institutions of higher education in academic year 2006/2007. Among the topics covered are primary employment, the most common spheres of activity, job satisfaction, and possible unemployment since graduation.

Framtidsutsikter - Arbetsmarknaden för akademikeryrken år 2015 (Future Prospects – the Labour Market for Academic Professions in 2015)
Report by Saco, July 2010
Saco publishes an annual report entitled “Framtidsutsikter” (Future Prospects), which analyses the chances of various educational groups to obtain jobs within five years when current new entrants have completed their studies. The forecasts, which are presented in three main categories – not enough, just enough, too many – are based on calculations by Saco’s various affiliated associations. Among the professions that, according to the report, will not have enough graduates in five years are occupational therapists, vocational teachers in the upper secondary schools, psychologists, physiotherapists and dentists. A new feature of the report is that labour market prospects are assessed separately for new graduates and people with work experience.

En bro över glappet – om samverkan och arbteslivsanknytning i den högre utbildningen (A Bridge over the Gap – Collaboration and Links to Working Life in Higher Education)
Report by the Saco Student Council, 17 May 2010
A growing number of studies are finding that contacts and applications for unadvertised vacancies lead to jobs more often than repeated visits to the Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedling). Moreover, it is increasingly important for students to establish contact with the labour market while they are still in school and prepare themselves for working life. The purpose of this report is to demonstrate that collaboration and links with working life can be part of a student’s day-to-day activities.

The College-to-Work Transition during the 1990s Report by the Institute for Future Studies 2010:3, April 2010
A report entitled “The College-to-Work Transition during the 1990s” found that the relative risk for university graduates to be unemployed had decreased during the decade but that their periods of unemployment were longer. The kind of degree they obtained was shown to play a greater role during recessions than during economic booms.

Survey of Courses and Programmes in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Report 2009:33 R
Report by the Swedish National Agency of Higher Education, 17 December 2009
The Swedish National Agency of Higher Education was tasked with surveying the development and supply of courses and programmes in entrepreneurship and innovation. The survey found that the number of courses and programmes had increased over the past five years.

Framtidsutsikter 2009 - Arbetsmarknaden för ett urval av akademikeryrken år 2014 (Future Prospects 2009 – the Labour Market for a Selection of Academic Professions in 2014)
Publication by Saco, 24 November 2009
A publication by Saco that contains five-year labour market forecasts for the academic professions that the affiliated associations represent.

Establishment on the Labour Market – Graduates 2005/06
Report by the Swedish National Agency of Higher Education, 12 November 2009
Each year the Swedish National Agency of Higher Education monitors how well students at institutions of higher education have established themselves in the labour market one year after graduating. The report identifies the programmes that most readily led to a job.

Studenter i jobbkrisen (Students in the Job Crisis)
Report by TCA and Tria, 27 October 2009
A report about how jobs on the side, summer jobs and jobs after graduation among students in institutions of higher education were affected by the prevailing labour market situation.

Unga akademikers arbetslöshet och etableringsproblem (Establishment Problems and Unemployment among Young Academics)
Report by Saco, 11 June 2009
The purpose of the report was to identify labour market trends for academicians younger than 30. The report was conceived as documentation that could form the basis of a constructive dialogue about prospects and measures for taking advantage of the resource represented by young academicians in both the short and long term.

Hur ser studenterna på övergången från högskolan in i arbetslivet (How do Students Feel about the Transition from Institutions of Higher Education to Working Life?)
Student Survey by Tria and the Stockholm Federation of Student Unions
The student panel is a recurring survey conducted by Tria and the Stockholm Federation of Student Unions (SSCO). The purpose of the surveys is to maintain a clear understanding of students’ lives and needs so that the SSCO can establish the right priorities in helping them. The focus of the panels changes from one survey to the next; the emphasis this time was on the transition from school to working life.

Higher Education and the Employment Market: Planning for the Academic Year 2009/10
Report by the Swedish National Agency of Higher Education, 26 February 2009
This report focuses on labour market balance for various groups of higher education students at the point when current new entrants graduate and begin to look for work.

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