Earn while you learn: how higher apprenticeships boost social mobility | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional

Earn while you learn: how higher apprenticeships boost social mobility | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional Higher apprenticeships offer a debt-free way of gaining a degree.

How colleges are using local industry research to boost economic prospects | Education | Guardian Professional

How colleges are using local industry research to boost economic prospects | Education | Guardian Professional

Commissioning economic research doesn't come cheap, but colleges say the return on investment is worth it. They explain how findings are helping them attract more students

Third of graduate jobs will go to people with work experience, poll shows | Education | The Guardian

Third of graduate jobs will go to people with work experience, poll shows | Education | The Guardian: "Poll of 100 recruiters shows third of graduate jobs filled by applicants with work experience stints there as undergraduates

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Should universities teach students how to find a job? | Education | The Guardian

Should universities teach students how to find a job? | Education | The Guardian
Sarfraz Manzoor has been following the fortunes of six young people who graduated last year. How well do they feel that university prepared them for today's economic realities?

Graduates warned of record 70 applicants for every job | Education | The Guardian

Graduates warned of record 70 applicants for every job | Education | The Guardian
Class of 2010 told to consider flipping burgers or shelf stacking to build skills as they also compete with last year's graduates....Graduates are facing the most intense scramble in a decade to get a job this summer, as a poll of employers reveals the number of applications for each vacancy has surged to nearly 70 while the number of available positions is predicted to fall by nearly 7%.

Students look to extra-curricular activities to give them employability | Education | The Guardian

Students look to extra-curricular activities to give them employability | Education | The Guardian: "Faced with a competitive job market, undergraduates are teaching themselves the skills they need for work"

Young fear years of unemployment | Society | The Guardian

Young fear years of unemployment | Society | The Guardian
As they set out to find work, only half of young people feel their education has prepared them well for the jobs market, survey shows

Rise in graduate jobless increases 'generation crunch' gloom | Business | The Guardian

Rise in graduate jobless increases 'generation crunch' gloom | Business | The Guardian: "Unemployment in the recession is rising fastest among 18-24-year-olds who have degrees, figures show."