Muslim students are finding it harder to break into the job market than other graduates, government figures revealed today.
The minister for employment, Margaret Hodge, revealed that 76% of Muslim graduates of a working age are in jobs compared with 87% among all graduates.
Ms Hodge, who chairs the cross-government ethnic minority employment taskforce, told a seminar in London today: “Ensuring everybody has equal access to work is not just morally right – it’s good for business and the economy because it means we are making the most of our talents.”
She added: “But these figures show that some employers are missing out and too many graduates from ethnic minority communities are being left behind.”