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Unsurprisingly the vast majority of St. Clare's graduates go to university as the next step in their career. The majority of these are UK universities in addition to a range of international universities and courses, each place reflecting the interests, abilities and aspirations of students. Other students develop their personal skills and interests by taking a ‘gap' year in which to travel, work or volunteer and thus improve their career prospects prior to continuing in education. The list of university destinations in 2006 is impressive, reflecting the academic success of the 2006 graduates and those who took a gap year in 2005.
Summary of destinations for 2006 graduates: |
Destination |
No. of students |
UK universities |
45 |
US universities |
7 |
Other universities |
8 |
Art foundation |
4 |
Gap year |
12 |
Family business |
1 |
Re sits |
1 |
Unknown |
2 |
Where are they going?
The following information includes those students who took a gap year in 2005 as well as graduates from 2006.
UK universities
This year 35 St. Clare's graduates have been placed in the top 20 UK universities (as ranked by The Guardian newspaper). These universities are ranked nationally by teaching, research, entry standards, staff-student ratio, library/computing spending, first and second class degrees awarded, destinations and efficiency.
Students placed in the top 10 are as follows: |
No. of students |
Oxford University |
1 |
Cambridge University |
1 |
London School of Economics |
2 |
Imperial College , University of London |
1 |
School of Oriental & African Studies |
2 |
University College London |
12 |
King's College London |
2 |
Warwick University |
1 |
Edinburgh University |
1 |
The range of subjects that our students are studying includes medicine, law, chemical engineering, history/politics, maths, neuroscience, economics, business studies, accounting, geography, fashion management, English, international relations, media, music and liberal arts.
US Universities
This year nine of our graduates enrolled at US universities including some of the most prestigious institutions. The table below gives an indication of not only the range of US universities chosen but also the international mix of our students.
Student nationality |
US university |
Awards |
Danish |
Yale |
Scholarship |
Canadian-Chinese |
Swarthmore |
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British |
Reed |
Scholarship |
American |
Reed |
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French |
Hamilton |
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German-American |
Boston University |
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Other International universities and courses
Two students will take up places in Canadian universities, one of which is McGill, renowned for its excellence. One student has successfully secured a place at the top hotel school in Switzerland, Lausanne, and six others are studying in different European universities.
2005 destinations
In 2005 29 students were placed in the top 10 UK universities and 20 more in the next 10 highest ranked universities. 12 took up US university places and 7 went to international institutions. 13 took gap years and 2 went to art foundation courses.
Further detailed information is available from our Careers and Higher Education Adviser, Liz Reece (liz.reece@stclares.ac.uk) and for United States Universities and Colleges, Jay Bosworth (jay.bosworth@stclares.ac.uk)
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