Graduate employment focus could ‘skew’ skills policy, warns vice-chancellor

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Large employers hire more apprentices as graduate jobs cut back

Number of applications for every role reaches highest level in two decades, according to annual survey

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Students relax on campus at the University of Bolton after receiving their degree certificates. Some of them look uncertain. To illustrate that a “challenging” graduate labour market in the UK could erode trust in the higher education sector.

Faith in universities ‘at new low’ as graduate jobs dry up

Challenging economic conditions may have led to bump in student recruitment numbers this year but experts fear long-term damage after institutions pegged futures to employability agenda

By Juliette Rowsell

14 October

A man walks past artwork saying 'failure is success in progress' in Stoke-on-Trent, England. To illustrate low outcomes for business courses.

Low outcomes for business courses blamed on recruitment pressures

Schools coming under ‘intense pressure’ to enrol students as universities become ever more reliant on cross-subsidy

By Patrick Jack

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Graduate employment gap at record level in under-fire statistics

Falling employment among those who don’t have degrees drives up jobs gap but annual figures to be stopped amid questions over their quality

By Patrick Jack

5 June

Graduate employment focus could ‘skew’ skills policy, warns v-c

Wider range of graduate outcomes must be considered over longer time horizon, say panellists at THE event

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Wider range of graduate outcomes must be considered over longer time horizon, say panellists at THE event

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