The agency has run the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Institutions Longitudinal Survey since its inception and will commence fieldwork for the third wave of the study this week.

IFF will survey 300,000 graduates through online, phone and postal research methods between now and March to monitor their career progression, salary and development opportunities since graduation in 2007.

The firm’s joint managing director Jan Shury (pictured) said: “It’s fantastic to secure another wave of research for HESA. Given the current economic climate, as well as potentially ground-shifting changes to the way in which individuals are expected to fund their higher education, news of the long-term outcomes of higher education will no doubt be of interest to those shortly due to graduate.”