Where did the 2000 Speech & Hearing Sciences graduates go ?
Careers
Education and Placement Centre
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Where did the 2000 Speech & Hearing Sciences graduates go ? |
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Careers
Education and Placement Centre
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I. Introduction
The information in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 2000 to answer the following questions about Bachelor of Science in Speech & Hearing Sciences graduates : -
Of the 34 graduates from this programme, 33 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.
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BSC(SPEECH) |
HKU Overall* |
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2000 |
1999 |
2000 |
1999 |
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No. |
% |
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
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No. of respondents |
33 |
100 |
28 |
100 |
2575 |
100 |
2475 |
100 |
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Employed |
30 |
91 |
27 |
96 |
2030 |
79 |
1928 |
78 |
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Unemployed seeking F/T job |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
59 |
2.3 |
79 |
3.2 |
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Further Studies |
3 |
9.1 |
1 |
3.6 |
461 |
18 |
455 |
18 |
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Emigrated/Returned to home country |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.1 |
4 |
0.2 |
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Not seeking F/T job |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
0.9 |
9 |
0.4 |
* HKU Overall refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.
Three graduates proceeded to postgraduate studies. The tables below show the academic programme that they pursued and their source of funds.
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Academic Programme |
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Field of Study |
M.Phil. |
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Science |
2 |
No response = 1
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Source of Funds |
No. of Graduates |
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Teaching Assistantship/Studentship |
3 |
The time taken for graduates to secure employment is shown below.
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% of new graduates who have secured employment |
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By the end of |
2000 |
1999 |
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May or before |
11% |
15% |
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June |
41% |
44% |
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July |
70% |
81% |
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August |
89% |
89% |
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September |
100% |
100% |
No Response = 3
The majority of graduates in Speech & Hearing Sciences were employed in educational institutions, while others were employed in community, social & personal services and the civil service.
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% of graduates |
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Sector |
2000 |
1999 |
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Educational Institutions |
62% |
78% |
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Community, Social & Personal Services |
31% |
22% |
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Civil Service |
6.9% |
- |
No Response = 1
The remuneration received by graduates in Speech & Hearing Sciences is shown below.
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Basic Salary |
Gross Income |
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BSC(SPEECH) |
HKU Average* |
BSC(SPEECH) |
HKU Average* |
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2000 |
1999 |
2000 |
1999 |
2000 |
1999 |
2000 |
1999 |
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Mean |
$17,981 |
$22,634 |
$14,125 |
$14,480 |
$18,099 |
$22,886 |
$15,448 |
$15,716 |
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Median |
$18,140 |
$23,170 |
$12,000 |
$10,870 |
$18,140 |
$23,170 |
$13,000 |
$11,917 |
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Minimum |
$15,000 |
$17,100 |
$1,300 |
$1,000 |
$15,000 |
$17,100 |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
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Maximum |
$20,000 |
$26,850 |
$58,000 |
$58,000 |
$21,315 |
$26,850 |
$74,967 |
$60,000 |
* HKU Average refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.
The number of job offers received by graduates in Speech & Hearing Sciences is shown in the following table.
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No. of job offers received |
No. of graduates (% of graduates) |
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One |
6 (22%) |
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Two |
11 (41%) |
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Three |
5 (19%) |
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Four |
4 (15%) |
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Seven |
1 (3.7%) |
No Response = 3
VIII. Names of Employers and Job Titles
The job titles of graduates in Speech & Hearing Sciences in full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below.
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Employers
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Job
Titles
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Civil Service - |
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u HKSAR - Department of Health |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Singapore General Hospital |
u Speech Therapist |
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Educational Institutions - |
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u Budaisi ToChi Fat She Yeung Yai Lam Memorial School |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Caritas Lok Kan School |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Chi Yun School |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Chinese University of Hong Kong |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Hong Chi Morning Hill School |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Hong Chi Morning Hill School |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Hong Chi Morning Hope School |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Hong Chi Morning Light School |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Hong Chi Pinehill No. 2 School |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Hong Chi Pinehill School (Hong Chi Association) |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Po Leung Kuk Century School |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Po Leung Kuk Mr & Mrs Chan Pat Keung Tsing Yi School |
u Speech Therapist |
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u School¡¦s name not reported |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Shatin Public School |
u Speech Therapist |
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u The Jockey Club Hong Chi School |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Organization's name not reported |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Organization's name not reported |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Organization's name not reported |
u Speech Therapist |
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Community, Social and Personal Service - |
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u HEEP Hong Society |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Hospital Authority |
u Speech Therapist |
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u The Ent Center of HK |
u Speech Therapist |
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u The Spastics Association of Hong Kong |
u Speech Therapist |
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u The Spastics Association of Hong Kong |
u Speech Therapist |
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u The Spastics Association of Hong Kong |
u Speech Therapist |
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u The Spastics Association of Hong Kong |
u Speech Therapist |
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u United Christian Hospital |
u Speech Therapist |
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u Organization's name not reported |
u Speech therapist |
No response = 1
Note : Some of the 2000 graduates indicated willingness to talk to individual students about their work. Contact numbers can be obtained from counsellors at the CePc.
IX. Similar information on graduates from other disciplines is available for reference in the Careers Library. Please contact the CePc for further details.
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August, 2001
The analysis is based on information provided by the respondents, and the Careers Education & Placement Centre should not be held responsible for any errors arising therefrom.
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