VIDEO: Staffordshire University study reveals better job prospects for science graduates

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Thursday, October 11, 2012
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SCIENCE, technology, engineering and maths students can expect higher salaries and better job prospects when they graduate.

That is according to a new study commissioned by Staffordshire University.

  1. Staffordshire University's new Science Centre on Leek Road.

    Staffordshire University's new Science Centre on Leek Road.

The research, carried out by the Centre for Business and Economic Research, claims science and technology will generate one in four of the new jobs in the UK in the next five years – equivalent to 140,000 new 'STEM-related' jobs.

The report was released the day before the university was due to open its new £30 million Science Centre.

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Deputy vice chancellor Paul Richards said: "This report is a valuable contribution to the continuing debate about the future shape of the UK economy."

The new science centre, on Leek Road in Stoke, will be shared by students from the university, Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College and Stoke-on-Trent College.

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