university Archives

PM announces free learning courses for adults without A-Levels

Sep 30, 2020 | 0 |

Does the scheme announced by the PM go far enough for adult learners?

Graduate recruitment: what universities have the best employability?

Apr 15, 2020 | 0 |

Does the University attended shape your view on the graduate?

The 10 ways to help attract female STEM graduates

Feb 14, 2020 | 0 |

Understanding what female STEM graduates desire will help to attract them.

University graduate schemes at risk as students feel education does not provide them with the skills they need

Oct 17, 2019 | 0 |

68 per cent believe that industry recognised certifications should be part of their degree.

Managers with emotional intelligence are less effective and popular

Oct 1, 2019 | 0 |

High levels of emotional intelligence amongst managers does not necessarily lead to enhanced outcomes.

Labour to force vote on plan to raise tuition fees

Sep 12, 2017 | 0 |

Labour is to force a parliamentary vote to scrap the government’s latest rise in university tuition fees on Wednesday in what it believes is a binding motion.

Suresh Gamlath: Ensuring high levels of graduate employability

Feb 1, 2017 | 0 |

At the University of West London, 96 per cent of graduates are in employment within 6 months of graduation. The Dean of the Claude Littner Business School talks to us about how the University best readies its graduates for employment.

Students doubtful that degree will pay for itself

Jun 16, 2016 | 0 |

Less than half of students are confident that their university education will secure them a graduate-level job that will enable them to pay off their debts, according to new research.

89 percent of university’s top earners are men, Varsity finds

Feb 5, 2016 | 0 |

A Freedom of Information request by Varsity magazine, has discovered that of the 101 staff paid £140,000 or more at the University of Cambridge in 2015, only 11 were women.

Research finds women paid less than men in 90 percent of sectors

Nov 17, 2015 | 0 |

Women working full time are paid less than men in 90 percent of sectors, with those working in financial and insurance among the worst affected, government research has found.

Sofie Lundberg: ‘Earn while you learn’ – the benefits of apprenticeships

Nov 11, 2015 | 0 |

Earlier this year it was revealed that large UK firms will be levied with a new tax to help fund the government’s promise of adding 3 million apprentices to the UK workforce by the year 2020. This huge step for apprenticeships must surely mean that the government believes this is the way for the future, as opposed to three years in lecture halls followed by potentially years of debt?

Apprentices have more earning power than graduates, study claims

Oct 9, 2015 | 0 |

Apprentices who gain a level 5 qualification can earn up to £50,000 more than those who choose to go to university. Figures compiled by the Boston Reporting Group and analysed by the Sutton Trust found exceptional apprentices can earn up to £1.5 million over the course of their careers beating the typical graduate from a non-Russell Group Institution.

UCAS style entry route proposed for apprenticeships

Oct 7, 2015 | 0 |

With the increase in people seeking apprenticeships as an alternative to an expensive university education, the Industry Skills Board (ISB) working in conjunction the City & Guilds Group, is now calling for a more coherent apprenticeship application system.

Stuart Hall: The future of recruitment fairs

Sep 29, 2015 | 0 |

University recruitment fairs have always attracted large numbers of businesses and students alike but are they becoming less popular?

Tom Quayle: The University Challenge: What is a degree worth in 2015?

Aug 24, 2015 | 0 |

This year marks the graduation of the first students who had to pay £9,000 a year in tuition fees – and, worryingly, ComRes recently revealed that half of them feel their degrees weren’t worth the money.

Steff Humm: Are businesses losing faith in the British education system?

Aug 13, 2015 | 0 |

Academic qualifications have been becoming less of a priority in graduate recruitment for some time, with two thirds of employers saying work experience is more important for assessing skills and potential.