Graduate employment

Education at a Glance finds graduate earnings still buoyant despite expansion, but education director warns on variations across subjects

Gender determines whether university study is in directionless students’ interests

Continuous retraining is widely seen as the answer to the coming job losses caused by automation and artificial intelligence. But are universities the best places to provide it? And are their courses, structures and funding systems optimised to do so? Anna McKie reports

PhD leavers from overseas seek new companies, but can’t accept visa risks

Women who out-earn male partners need to have significantly higher qualifications, Australian survey suggests

Students from poorer regions who enter their local workforce after graduation should also be celebrated, says Sir David Bell

Analysis of graduate pay data that could shape future of English universities lays bare contrasts in regional labour markets

Provision of teacher residencies and mentoring by universities seen as key to long-term science improvement

Graduate dissatisfaction also on the rise despite overall positive report card for universities and colleges

Worries over economy and graduate employability prompt trial of ‘1+X’ model in 10 provinces

Report sheds light on international graduates’ motivations for staying on

Universities in most nations are now obliged to prioritise graduate career prospects, but how it should be approached depends on your view of the meaning of education. Academics need to think that through much more clearly, says Tom Cutterham

Immersing students in an entrepreneurial and innovative environment will allow them to thrive in an AI world, says Sethuraman Panchanathan

Economy and culture not structured to harness skills obtained overseas, claims researcher

Institutions urged to outline more clearly what undergraduates can expect of them

Falling UK graduate wages reflect not too many students but a flexible labour market’s post-crash adjustment, argues David Willetts

Trend reflects growing gap between PhD completions and academic job availability

The advent of datasets linking graduates’ income to their student records has fuelled calls for certain courses and universities to be excluded from public funding. But, ahead of England’s Augar review of post-18 education, the minister who commissioned the longitudinal education outcomes project, David Willetts, warns against such abuses of the data

Former ETH Zurich president tells THE summit there has been a ‘huge inflation’ in university enrolments, coupled with a ‘substantial mismatch between what universities teach and what society needs’

Leadership barriers facing graduates suggest need for change, including in university curricula

Higher salaries enjoyed by many graduates are offset by sky-high living costs in many cities, but this quality of life metric is entirely absent from policy debate, says Charlie Ball

Unusual invitation by top administration officials suggests corporate pressure on Trump over immigrants

In a rapidly changing world, is a broader approach to the university curriculum needed to develop the critical thinking and creativity increasingly sought after by employers, Anna McKie asks

Separate survey uncovers widespread opposition to recent research funding cuts

The credentialism that the late Ron Dore analysed in his seminal 1976 book has gone global, say Keith Lewin, Angela Little and Alison Wolf

Evidence from Canada highlights the scale of the challenge in preparing 21st-century workers and citizens, say Ross Finnie, Arthur Sweetman and Richard Mueller 

Senate education committee chair pushes to apply federal aid eligibility test for private colleges across whole sector

Rising default rates on education loans could signal trouble ahead, says Pushkar

Vice-chancellors turn on businesses for not doing enough to educate and retrain their workforce

Data for English universities seem to show government metric based on salaries is skewed by location

But graduates from more affluent backgrounds fare better, survey finds

Using student population figures puts results of Global University Employability Ranking in context

It is inexcusable that some people graduate from UK universities without a basic command of mathematics or grammar, says John Warren

Applicants of overseas institutions still highly rated by employers overall, survey finds

But Sam Gyimah bases comments on data he accepts are only a ‘snapshot’ of what graduates go on to earn

Analysis of wage premiums from tertiary education suggests that the system struggles to deliver the changing skills that the economy demands, says Stephen Parker

In selecting its new bases, the massive online retailer rewarded areas rich in highly educated talent but also showed no US city yet produces enough such people

Analysis of ranking since 2011 suggests China is not making same ground as in research-based rankings, while Germany and South Korea have leapt forward

Higher education delivering solid returns, but vocational education could leave women worse off

Graduates from some of the least prestigious institutions perform most strongly in the jobs market

Don’t let immediate employability focus undermine ‘blue sky teaching’, chancellor tells counterparts

Latest data from Education at a Glance suggest taking education to a higher level brings much bigger income returns in some nations 

Post-study work rights are not just about luring international enrolments, conference hears

For most young Australians, a bachelor’s degree remains a wise investment, says Andrew Norton

Grattan Institute says 25- to 34-year-old university leavers have found it tougher to find jobs matching their skills

Study finds women from the highest socio-economic group are more likely to be in insecure work if they attend university outside mission group than if they had no degree at all

UK should focus more on improving ‘skills value’ of degrees rather than subsidising loans, suggests director of education and skills

Orderly graduate recruitment under threat as demographic decline triggers ‘free-for-all’

Preview data from upcoming Global University Employability Ranking show view is reversed for some European nations

City of Sails sidelined, as government boosts job entitlements

Results of Social Mobility Employer Index suggests dominance of Russell Group is being slowly eroded

Institutions accused of only ‘wanting to be about Shakespeare’ in wake of proposal to merge US Education and Labor departments

Sam Gyimah criticises institutions for trying to get ‘bums on seats’, as graduate earnings analysis reveals wide variation in performance

Proposals also curtail opportunities for dependants of international students in the country

Move comes with added aim of attracting foreign branch campuses to Dubai

Data for English universities show men consistently earn more than women after completing postgraduate degrees

Better recognition of the wider social benefits of both teaching and research would help universities regain public goodwill, says Nick Petford 

Following individuals’ paths in and out of different institutions shows that most students eventually graduate, say Ross Finnie, Richard E. Mueller and Arthur Sweetman

Most international students who stay in Australia after they graduate cannot find jobs in their fields

Universities must become more accessible and engaged if they are to thrive in the technological future, says Feridun Hamdullahpur