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| A Degree’s value depends on its degree of requirement by employers |
| Government statistics disguise the extent of graduate over-qualification in the UK according to the CIPD and the Edge Foundation. David Harbourne, Acting CE of the Edge Foundation, commented: “The same official statistics cited by the Universities Minister show that, after accounting for non-working graduates, around half of all 2011 graduates failed to get a graduate-level job within 3½ years of completing their degree. And this is an average figure: for people with arts, humanities and social science degrees, the situation is significantly worse. ….. In addition many of these ‘graduate level’ jobs in the official statistics can be accessed by people without degrees, who have vocational qualifications or who have worked their way up via an apprenticeship”. |
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Celebrating the resurgence of apprenticeships Most jobs DON’T & WON'T require a Degree, but they will be 'backed' by qualifications Response to Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) report on graduate employment Some of the ‘brightest & best’ choose an alternative to university BAE Systems announces plans to recruit 2,000 new apprentices On target for a higher skilled workforce TfL develops degree level QS Apprenticeships Government rolls-out flagship Degree Apprenticeships IPPR - Women needed to fill UK’s graduate level engineers gap Second highest work rate but lowest pay for media studies graduates Third of young people trapped in underemployment by 2018, warns LGA UK will fall behind unless high skills provision is transformed - CBI UK needs to match Finland’s education system to drive economic growth, says CBI chief |
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