Degree courses with some of the worst employment records in the country will be trying to scoop up students in Clearing on A-level Results Day this week.

New analysis by the Daily Mail has identified the top 20 course groupings, by university, for graduates being out of work five years after leaving.

The worst one, Creative Arts and Design at the University of West London, had almost a quarter – 23.7 per cent – of graduates out of work, while the median salary for those that did work was just £24,900.

The university is entering courses from this category into Clearing which have historically admitted students with A-level grades of just DDD.

Meanwhile, the second worst in the analysis was Business and Management at the University of East London, with 22.6 per cent out of work.