Tag Archives: graduates
Edulinks – Week ending 20 May 2011
This week, NUS and CBI jointly launched a guide to employability skills. The publication, Working Towards Your Future, is definitely worth a download. As the NUS/CBI guide was released, engineering consultancy, Atkins, called on universities to help students more with … Continue reading
Comments Off
Filed under EduLinks
Make the most of your £9,000 year at university
I’ve argued before that fees themselves don’t act as a deterrent to university, since higher education is seen by many as the only feasible route to career success. There is much more to higher education, but it’s hard to deny … Continue reading
Filed under academia, higher education, lifeskills, personal development
How to identify your transferable skills (and why they’re so important)
A letter in the Telegraph reads: SIR – As a mathematician, I would like to share a numerical insight. I always remind colleagues on an interview panel that the only significant numbers on an academic certificate are those pertaining to … Continue reading
Filed under academia, careers, careers advice, communication, employment, graduate, higher education, jobs, lifeskills, personal development
Employability & the Role of the University
Should universities teach students how to find a job? Are employment skills a necessary requirement for higher education to deliver today? With so many new graduates each year, employers are spoilt for choice on who to give a job. If … Continue reading
Filed under academia, academic, careers, employment, graduate, higher education, universities, University
David Willetts: Student burdens and imaginative thinking
Universities are topping the news agenda again this morning. Lucky us. Or maybe not. David Willetts, the universities minister, has said that students should see tuition fees “as an obligation to pay higher income tax”. Oh dear. Then again, we … Continue reading
Filed under academia, budget, higher education, money, politics, student loan, students, universities
