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DipHE Social Care (Scotland)

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Part-timeSubject: Mass Communications & Documentation
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Course Score
C /61
Graduate Salary£27,500
SatisfactionN/A
Degree Completion45%
Professional Jobs50%
Meaningful Work96%

Expected Starting Salary

bottom quartile nationally

Typical starting salary for Mass Communications & Documentation graduates

Start
Sep 2027
Graduate
2030
First job
~2031
£27,500
typical starting salary
£25,000
£31,000
Brightest = where most graduates land · fades where fewer earn that amount
· Mass Communications & Documentation graduates nationally earn £20,000–£54,000 (1849 courses)

HESA Graduate Outcomes survey · includes all graduates regardless of career path chosen

Where Graduates Work

Top job roles graduates enter after this course

01
Caring personal services
20%
02
Welfare and housing associate professionals
★ Professional
20%
03
Administrative occupations
10%
04
Business and public service associate professionals
★ Professional
10%
05
Managers, directors and senior officials
★ Professional
10%
06
Secretarial and related occupations
10%
07
Therapy professionals
★ Professional
10%

Student Satisfaction

National Student Survey — ? respondents

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Entry Qualifications

Other HE
60%
Other
25%
A-level
5%
Degree
5%

Accreditations

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AI & Your Career

Based on Anthropic research

30%
Moderate Exposure

Some tasks in this career are being augmented by AI, but the core work still requires significant human judgement and skill.

Graduate Roles by AI Exposure

62%Secretarial and related
55%Administrative
48%Business and public service associate
30%Managers, directors and senior officials
15%Welfare and housing associate

Outcomes

45%
Continuation
50%
Professional Work
96%
Meaningful Role
87%
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