Most final-year students are optimistic about their long-term career prospects but are realistic about the problems they face making their first steps in the jobs market, research has shown. Students who had developed high numeracy skills were significantly more confident about finding a job than history, philosophy, creative arts and communication students, while men were more confident than women about their skills and prospects. The figures come from a project called Futuretrack, a longitudinal study by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HESCU), which is tracking the destinations and attitudes of 50,000 students from the time they apply for university until two years after graduating.
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