Graduate employment

Figures show a number of nations with high participation rates are not seeing graduates’ earnings rise relative to school-leavers’ wages 

Snapshot from latest Global University Employability Ranking suggests relative reputation of US and UK graduates may be slipping 

Figures from the latest graduate destinations survey show that more than two fifths of those working abroad find a job in another EU state

Elite universities top newly-released tables for graduate employment rates, official data shows

Sydney’s move towards programmes focused on problem-solving designed to address rise of artificial intelligence and automation

Universities claim to bestow on graduates the key to open the door to any job: critical thinking. But even if they do, are employers interested?

Research reveals that salary and graduation rate information does not influence high school pupils

Plan to include LEO graduate earnings in TEF raises issue of regional pay differences

Round table discusses challenges of changing job market and political instability

The latest data from Hesa’s graduate outcomes survey were not included in the TEF, and could point to universities that may seek to reapply next year

Students embarking on degrees can now find out the likely returns on their different options

Latest data from Hesa's DLHE survey shows highest proportion going on to other courses since at least 2011-12

Generic courses may not be equipping students with much-needed skills, says British Film Institute

An analysis of the graduate salary data alongside prior attainment shows how difficult it is to measure university performance on such a metric

Publication of data showing long-term graduate earnings by discipline has huge potential to improve higher education, says Jack Britton

Hotly anticipated figures on salaries show that for subjects such as economics and law, the university attended has stronger link to high earnings

The liberal arts approach can lead to business being done more thoughtfully, more creatively, and more sustainably, says Jeffrey Nesteruk

Analysis finds new bachelor’s graduates do well in labour market, particularly those from more practically focused universities

Encouraging students to view themselves as professionals, and exposing them to entrepreneurship, are among the tools being used to improve graduate employment

Figures likely to fuel debate over whether value of bachelor's degrees is eroding over time

Study finds classes can improve students’ chances of getting a graduate job by 40 per cent

Facebook pioneer discusses improving diversity in tech industry and universities

McLaren Applied Technologies director sees need to go ‘beyond STEM’, THE-Ulsan summit hears

UK’s university statistics agency will publish graduate salary data from tax records instead of relying on survey responses

Research finds that working overseas can boost PhD holders’ salaries 

New IE Business School dean advocates tutelage in ‘fundamental competencies’ for uncertain labour markets

Focus on skills and job readiness 'disengages' academics from issue, says HEA head

University of Oxford law graduates earn considerably more than counterparts at University of Bradford, figures in ‘experimental’ data release show

One year shaved off time to degree under new national framework

Evidence of positive effect of retakes ‘weak’, concludes Dutch academic

Yeon-Cheon Oh says serving society can be as rewarding as getting rich

As meritocratic approach to education finds favour in UK, academic argues its dystopian original meaning has come to pass in China

Survey of Chinese employers shows UK graduates required to ‘fit back in’ to home culture

Many graduates would also have chosen a different subject or institution in hindsight, study reveals

But academics argue against narrow teaching focus and warn that technical skills have a ‘half-life’

New study adds to concerns over the weakness of Chinese university teaching

More North African universities turn away from French and Arabic as languages of instruction

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