The Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU) has launched the summer edition of Graduate Market Trends, providing a handy guide to the latest research and thinking on graduate recruitment, careers and higher education.
The quarterly journal published today (23 July 2015) offers insight from some of the sector’s leading lights, including:
- Professor Francis Green and Golo Henseke from UCL outline their latest research on a establishing a new indicator of graduate employment. They conclude that in 2014 71% of experienced employed graduates were in graduate jobs, and that this proportion hasn’t changed significantly since 2007.
- Prospects’ Jayne Rowley manages degree verification service HEDD, she explains why it’s vital to check candidate qualifications and how employers can protect themselves against fraud
- Bridge Group’s Director, Nik Miller puts contextual data in graduate recruitment in practice, sharing advice and showcasing the value of employer and higher education collaboration in the ‘race’ for graduate talent
- Brian Hipkin, Dean of Students at Regents University gives his take on the latest zeitgeist in higher education, the student experience
- Prospects’ Hannah Goldwyn – Simpkins argues the case for a fairer internship culture
- Jane Artess, Principal Research Fellow at the International Centre for Guidance Studies, takes the careers baton with a look into the theories that underpin the practice of careers support and advice
- Keith Hermann, Director of Employability and Careers at The University of Surrey sets out the case for a national careers strategy
Aphrodite Papadatou, editor of GMT said: “In this edition we have ventured once again to grab the bull by its horns, to address the most contested themes in this summer’s higher education, skills and careers agendas. With the recently announced axing of student maintenance grants and falling numbers of applications to UK universities, there is much uncertainty - or at the very least it heralds the beginning of a transitional period. This is especially true in the context of student recruitment and admissions. This edition of GMT aims to open the discussion on where we go from here.”