Women graduates are proving to be more successful than their male counterparts at finding work during the economic crisis, new figures reveal.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency revealed that 73% of female first-degree graduates were in some form of employment after six months, compared to 68% of men.
One in 10 men, 10.3%, who graduated last summer are unemployed, compared with 6.5% of women who are not in work or further education.
The figures also revealed that a third of graduates work in non-graduate jobs, such as in restaurants, shops or factories.
Higher education minister David Lammy said: "We are putting in place a range of options for graduates, such as the Graduate Talent Pool created to help match motivated students with firms offering internships."
But shadow universities secretary David Willetts said the Government "didn't use the boom years to prepare the country for tougher economic times", and that as a result young people are "paying the price".
