Graduate employment

AGR finds employers are also shifting their focus to apprenticeships

Higher university enrolment worsens the average quality of non-graduates and leads to lower wages, conference told

Black and Asian students fall further behind white classmates after leaving university

Warning from Nick Jennings, AI expert and new vice-provost at Imperial College London

Institute for Fiscal Studies says firms’ ability to accommodate more highly educated workers may be coming to an end

Results of NUS survey appear to reflect university leavers’ experience in job market

Compared with 20 years ago, young graduates face a much greater struggle buying flats, which some fear could stall social mobility

Outgoing British Council director in Iraq sees reasons for optimism, despite rise of Islamic State

Study finds that on average graduates in the country earn more than non-graduates 

Vice-chancellors argue that exercise should not go beyond pilot stage because of ‘significant instability’

Keele University has top record among larger institutions in DLHE survey

DLHE survey also reveals that more university leavers are going into professional jobs

CEO lobby group in Canada says government should introduce policies to retain talented graduates

CGHE working paper suggests that governments should implement intervention policies on the ‘demand side of the labour market’

Study suggests mass higher education increases the dominance of the middle class over opportunities

Students viewed by government as welcome immigrants, but questions over capacity and provincial policies remain

Higher education institutions play their part, argues new book, in ensuring stupidity reigns in the workplace

Institution-level statistics will be ‘too generic’, THE/HEA webchat hears

David Matthews reports from Canada on a model that gives students up to two years in work placements

Use of HMRC records could allow reformed DLHE to focus on areas such as happiness and skills

New book explores the anxieties of Peking and Tsinghua students caught between their parents, the Communist Party and new Western ideas about education

Carolyn Wickware reports on how the degree model has regained its popularity in recent years

Vice-president of Ghana says institutions must develop ‘sustainable’ financing

Schools and universities are increasingly looking at how improving personalities can boost social mobility. But in doing so, they may be forced to choose between teaching what is helpful, and what is true, says David Matthews

‘Character education’, a concept that has taken off among schoolteachers, could be coming to higher education

UPP Foundation will seek to invest money in areas such as access and retention for students from disadvantaged backgrounds

TUC analysis of the ONS Labour Force Survey highlights gap between BME and white workers

Soon-to-be-released review into employability has identified the importance of work experience, students’ attitude and accreditation

Analysis reveals some disciplines could leave graduates at a much greater risk of being replaced by machines in the future

Technically-trained graduates vital for development, says thinktank chief

As society is transformed, focusing on graduate employment will no longer be sufficient, says Graeme Atherton

Institutions will struggle with Chinese government push on entrepreneurship, Ellie Bothwell hears Zhejiang University dean tell conference in Beijing

Conference hears that fundamental skills, rather than specific languages, will serve graduates throughout their careers

Growth in university leaver vacancies is slowing, AGR study suggests

John Cater argues that higher education would be poorer for the loss of student survey data

Students need to apply numerical and statistical methods to real-world contexts, says Rita Gardner

Countries like Singapore are turning to broad-based education just as the US turns away from it, says Trisha Craig

The creative industries are a good career choice now, and higher education should respond, says Anne Carlisle

Former Scotland international rugby player Colin Gregor reflects on how he combined his PhD with his job

Report from careers advice service Prospects points to significant rise in employment rate for those with higher level qualifications

Broader-based education addresses concerns over graduate skills, conference hears

Baroness Vadera explains how Santander hopes to encourage entrepreneurialism in graduates

Hong Kong scholar says students are embarking on postgraduate degrees to 'delay' unemployment 

Chief scientist at UK arm of French electronics giant Thales says big business is frustrated at retention rates for such students

Victoria Halman investigates how employers view the growing trend for graduates to take a second qualification to help them land a first job

Publishing giant says move is designed to attract a ‘more varied candidate pool and future workforce’

Labour market survey takes vacancies at small and medium-sized companies into account

Simon Marginson tells SRHE conference that multiplicity of factors affect graduate outcomes

SRHE conference told that universities are at centre of ‘a race between competing social groups with unequal resources’

Responses of more than 24,000 undergraduates indicate limited development in areas such as creativity and citizenship over course of degree

UUK research says the economy requires an even greater number of graduates

Preparing to launch its multidisciplinary degree, institution bids others across Europe to follow suit

Sutton Trust research finds three-quarters of leading judges and QCs attended Oxford or Cambridge

British Council announces new partnership as Indian prime minister visits UK

New vice-chancellor Hugh Brady hopes innovation programmes will spur graduates to become social and business entrepreneurs

Ellie Bothwell explores how the country fares in the Global Employability University Ranking

Top 150 universities for graduate employability revealed

International competitors will be ‘licking their lips’ if the UK labels some universities as weaker on teaching, says Andrew Hamilton ahead of his departure

Funding, staffing and alternative providers among issues to be considered as part of £5 million initiative

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press