Chances to find a job after graduating from Bristol University

Hello, Im from Malaysia and Im planning to study Law in Bristol University. Im curious about the possibility for me to get a job in UK after graduating.

I got rejected from LSE with a 4A's for As results and 4A* predicted grades for overall A Levels with a decent personal statement (according to my lecturers and personal statement advisers) . This is very disappointing because I know that being a LSE graduate will definitely give me a better chance to find a job in UK under such competition in the market.

So my question is, will Bristol be worth it for me, if one of my priorities is to get a job in UK after graduating.

Anyway, I got offers from Nottingham, Warwick and Birmingham too, are any of them better than Bristol?

This information is available on the internet from an official source:

http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/subjects/study/10007786FT-9LAWD001UU-201415/ReturnTo/Search

9% of students get a 1st and 74% get a 2:1.

Well, everyone can stop arguing about it now then!

I still think that for the OP, the biggest barrier to getting a job will be visa restrictions/issues rather than degree grade or where he goes to university.

Probably but those things don't depend on which university he goes to so they are irrelevant considerations in answering the question he asked.

Probability of getting a 1st/2:1 is a relevant consideration.

The thing about law is that it's far more country specific than other courses. If your chances of getting a job in the UK are pretty small after graduation regardless of grades or university attended, then you need to seriously consider whether getting a law degree in the UK is the right option for you.

The thing about law is that it's far more country specific than other courses. If your chances of getting a job in the UK are pretty small after graduation regardless of grades or university attended, then you need to seriously consider whether getting a law degree in the UK is the right option for you.

That might be true.

But what he has asked is not whether he should study in the UK or Malaysia but rather whether he should go to Bristol, Nottingham, Warwick, or Birmingham.

I don't have any specialist knowledge of the law sector but my prejudice would be to say the one that offers the highest chance of a 2.1/1st.

OP isn't restricted to just training contracts/pupillages. They can apply to whichever industry interests them seeing as 70% of grad jobs don't state a degree preference.

Plus, there are 300 - 400 ish employers out there that are at a large enough size to be able to sponsor a work visa.

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In law, compared to other sectors the university you go to does make a lot more of a difference, although obviously getting a 2.1 or a First is important too.

Obviously the OP can correct me if he understands the changes to the Tier 4 visa which make getting a job in the UK much harder, but as these changes only came fully into play in 2015, I think a lot of international applicants aren't aware of them yet.

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There have been a lot of changes to the visa system recently, and my understanding is that these have made switching from a Tier 4 visa to a Tier 2 visa harder than it was previously. There's also been changes to Tier 2 visas which can make switching jobs in the UK much harder.

There's a lot of restrictions on the type of work that you can get a Tier 2 visa for- it's not as simple as just having a graduate job. Usually, the lowest wage you can be paid is £20,800, for example, which would rule out a number of graduate jobs. The employer also usually has to satisfy the resident labour market test- basically, the employer has to employ a suitable UK applicant before they can offer/advertise the job to non-EU applicants. For many "graduate jobs" I think this would be very difficult to do.

It's not impossible, but it's not easy either.

OP hasn't been online since I pointed out the visa issue, so all this may well be moot.

This information is available on the internet from an official source:

http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/subjects/study/10007786FT-9LAWD001UU-201415/ReturnTo/Search

9% of students get a 1st and 74% get a 2:1.

Does it make a difference between those four? As I said I have no subject-specific knowledge here but in general terms there is not much difference between those universities. Of course there is a difference between Oxford and Lancaster.


I am not saying this is an unimportant consideration, it just isn't the question he asked.

I'm aware about the changes but that £20.8k floor is still pretty generous and a lot of grad jobs in London for instance will pay considerably more than that. As for the test, large companies have several means of bypassing that. One may include creating a job ad geared specifically to the international students in question (such that it rules out most people from applying), advertising it for a few days/weeks then taking it down.

At the end of the day, if OP has what it takes to get into the large employers here in the UK, they should be alright with any visa issues.

Warwick looks nice in that comparison.

I find it hard to believe *nobody* gets a 2:2 from Warwick. Maybe they get transferred to a different course if it looks like they won't make the grade in the LLB?

I find it hard to believe *nobody* gets a 2:2 from Warwick. Maybe they get transferred to a different course if it looks like they won't make the grade in the LLB?

That looks really odd, and my first assumption is that it's a mistake- but you could be right in that people get forced off the LLB if it looks like they won't make a 2:1.