Dr Charlie Ball is the Deputy Research Director of the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU), the Manchester-based careers charity that owns Graduate Prospects, the UK’s official careers website.

He is a specialist on the early careers of graduates and postgraduates and an expert on the various data available on graduate jobs.

Charlie also leads research into other areas of graduate employment for HECSU on a range of topics, including the employment of science graduates, regional employment and work experience.

Charlie’s blog for HECSU on graduate employment issues can be found at http://hecsu.blogspot.com