Young people today will need to be more flexible and more entrepreneurial than in the past. Universities can help by designing courses that will have value in a rapidly changing economy.
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Skills that make young people employable should be a priority.
Confusing short-term jobs with long-term career outcomes is a distraction from the real issues in science higher education.
Young people are pressured into university and many end up in unsuitable courses. We need to recognise these realities and be clear about the purpose of higher education so it doesn’t lose its value.
Some big employers are changing their entry criteria – and grades are less and less important.
Universities are cutting and streamlining their courses in an attempt to make graduates more employable. But lots of graduates are still struggling to find work, so why isn’t it working?
The number of part-time students has dropped dramatically and even those who get to university feel side-lined.
The higher education sector needs to think what it can offer to the average taxpayer.
It’s that time of year when undergraduates who want to continue their studies are busily looking around for advice on which masters degree to apply for and school leavers are pondering their university…
The moment an undergraduate student starts a business degree, their mind is already geared to the job offers they hope will be coming thick and fast upon graduation. Yet there is an ongoing mismatch between…
Imagine if you could gauge your chances of getting to the very top of your profession, just as you are starting out your career? A recent publication has boldly outlined a predictive model for doing just…
Across the world, governments are asking how to close the gap between the world of education and the world of employment. Now a new collection of papers has set out just how important employer interventions…
With a heavy feeling of déjà vu, here we are again with another round of introspection on the OECD’s international Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings and the mediocre education…
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