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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 10th May
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The graph and chart below give information about the number of new graduates and their employment in the UK from 1992 to 2002.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The given graphs show a breakdown of the number of fresh graduates and their employment status in the UK from 1992 to 2002.
Overall, the number of new graduates appears to have increased over the given period. It is also clear from the bar graph that the majority of UK students opted to follow professional careers upon graduating from university.
In 1992, there were roughly 165,000 British students graduating from university. This figure rose markedly to a peak of about 195,000 in 1997, before dropping thereafter to about 180,000 students in 2002.
As far as their employment status was concerned, careers in clerical and secretarial fields saw a marginal rise from 9% in 1992 to nearly 20% in 2002. An opposite trend is seen in jobs related to management and administration, with the figures standing at 20% in 1992 and dropping by 1% 10 years later. Similarly, the figure for professional careers also showed a downward trend, although much steeper, from a peak of nearly 60% to its low of around 44%.
