Category Archives: graduate
Graduates and the language of jobs
Is getting a job more important than being employable? Martin Edmondson, CEO of Gradcore and Graduates Yorkshire, has found that graduates and employers may be looking at careers from different perspectives. In preparation for the Graduate Employment Conference 2012 (#GEC12), … Continue reading
Filed under academia, careers, careers advice, employment, gen-y, generation y, graduate, jobs, universities
On Writing
Today I welcome Rod Pitcher to TheUniversityBlog. Rod has written a piece on the writing process. Rod is a PhD student in Education at The Centre for Educational Development and Academic Methods at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. The … Continue reading
Filed under academia, communication, essays, graduate, higher education, writing
The Possible Impossibility of Employability…
Let me guess. If you’re a uni student reading this, am I right in thinking you’d like to be employable once you graduate? It’s probably fair to say the vast majority of students want better job and career choices as … Continue reading
Filed under academic, careers, careers advice, communication, critical thinking, employment, graduate, jobs, lifeskills
Looking Beyond Employability
I found this tucked away near the end of an article in the Independent on Sunday: “Students should learn not how to win arguments but how to ask subversive questions of authority, assess evidence and find the truth. They should … Continue reading
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The answer is unanswerable
You need answers. The solution, you may think, is to look for answers. After all, you need them. Or do you? An ‘answer’ is like finding a solution, or developing a set of guaranteed instructions. Your search for the answer … Continue reading
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