Graduate employment

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¡¯, º£½ÇÖ±²¥-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¡¯, º£½ÇÖ±²¥/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