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44%

44% -- share saying university priority is graduate skills for UK public (2021)

Name: Share Saying University Priority Is Graduate Skills Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-27

2021 · Savanta

44% of the UK public see providing graduates with the skills the economy needs as a primary priority for universities.

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44%

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2021

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UK public

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Savanta Primary Tier A

https://savanta.com/knowledge-centre/view/do-the-public-care-about-universities/ ↗

Confidence: 32/100 Vintage: 2021 Channel: Deep Crawl

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Do the public care about universities? - Savanta

Conducting this research to gauge public perceptions of universities is, in one way, more than timely, following the introduction of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill recently in Parliament. While the intentions of such a Bill can be debated extensively, what this research finds is that …

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Savanta public perceptions survey of universities

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UK public: 44% share saying university priority is graduate skills. Source: Savanta (2021). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/university-priority-graduate-skills-2021

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