Countries are becoming more and more similar because people are able to buy the same products anywhere in the world. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

The bar graph provided information on activities that students, who were not employed on a full time basis after completing their bachelor, master or doctorate degrees in 2008. In 2008, the majority of graduates and
postgraduates
who were not employed full-time after graduation chose to
further
their studies. Voluntary
work
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postgraduates
amongst the four categories. Slightly less than half of UK graduates who were not employed full-time embarked on
further
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to
higher
study
remained unemployed. Less than 18,000 students, around 60% of those who continued their education, took up part-time
work
. Only a tiny fraction of graduates, 3,500 of them, performed voluntary
work
. The activity preference of UK
postgraduates
who were not employed full-time is similar to their graduate counterparts
with
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to
further
study
being the most popular activity, followed by part-time
work
, unemployment and voluntary
work
. Almost half of
postgraduates
who are not employed full time
further
their
study
. Interestingly, there is a higher percentage of
postgraduates
performing part-time
work
than graduates. About 30% of postgraduate remained employed and less than 10% engaged in voluntary
work
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • globalization
  • diversity
  • homogenization
  • cultural assimilation
  • global connection
  • local businesses
  • economic impact
  • consumerism
  • standardization
  • westernization
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