2. ‘Say Goodbye to the Fries’ study
n=403
Phone surveys of QUT graduates 2000-
2010
23 degrees: media/comms, mass comms,
journalism, humanities, cultural studies
3. ‘Say Goodbye to the Fries’ study
Destinations of Australian humanities graduates
4. 80% full-time employment
70% at degree level or higher
25% embedded; 39% specialist; 3.3% support
(media/com grads high levels of embeddedness)
62% directly related to area of study
65% private sector; 29% government
5. film, tv & radio
publishing
music
performing arts
visual arts
Cultural production disciplines
8. Queensland University of Technology
Griffith University
James Cook University
University of Sydney
University of Melbourne
Curtin University
University of Tasmania
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Edith Cowan University
Swinburne University
University partners
9. 1. Early career trajectories
2. Career patterns – the ‘creative trident’ & the portfolio
career
3. Career aspirations
4. Creative value-add through career
5. Capabilities, reflections on course experiences
6. Creative diaspora & career movements
7. Career building strategies
8. Process of career identity growth and transformation
Topics covered
11. Prior / subsequent tertiary study
Subsequent study
339 (37.01%)
Prior / concurrent study
269 (23.37%)
55.4%
13.0%18.6%
12.3%
25.3%
14.1%
Cultural Production
Education
STEM, Health
Business/Managem
ent
Humanities
Creative Services
38.94%
28.91%
22.42%
11.50%
9.44%
7.96%
more than half have formal qualifications outside
their discipline of cultural production
12. Career patterns
CI Sectors Non-CI Sectors
CI Occupations 33.99% 10.94%
Non-CI
Occupations
7.95% 47.12%
Current jobs
avg = 1.4 jobs per graduate
46.77% in full-time employment
1-5 employability rating M=4.12 (SD=1.02)
14. ‘Non-creative work’ vs ‘creative work’?
64.4% of participants with ‘non-
creative’ jobs say that at in at least
one of these jobs they add
significant creative value
Creative trident mark 2 – production of cultural or creative artefactVs creative services – media communications, digital media, design
Desintations and reflections 1999University of the Arts LondonCultural work and higher education – ed Dan Ashton and Caitrionanoonan
Logistical issuesPrivacyAct – can’t use other institutions’ alumni contact dataInteresting – multi institution research – in field since last december. Swinburne University only came online 2 weeks ago – ethical and logistical issuesDespite enthusiasm from the academic and general staff champions
ANSZCO and ANZSIC codes up to 5 jobs2 years after graduation more creative work, more full-time work. Much lower levels of embedded work than you’d expect – creative work in non-ci sectors (creative services occupations masking this)Unpacking the trident – of course we’re finding what you’d expect when statistical techniques high level of aggregation used in a more granular wayAt present editing a special issue JofEW – Dan Ashton from Bath Spa university – creative work and its margins – in part about needing a much more nuanced perspective of creative work
I’m an office manager or administrative officer – I do the visual communications for the firm / I designed the webiste and manage the social media strategy
Dance teacher – choregoraphyJobs that are partly one role and partly anotheruniversity dance teacher
Mean 4Generic creativity
2013Australian national studyHighly preliminary – data crunchers – one university QUTDescribe some interesting preliminary findingsStatistics apology