When a degree is not enough, how can students make themselves more employable?
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At least in the short term, employment opportunities for graduates seem to be increasing.
The relationship between higher education and labour market outcomes is overestimated and misinterpreted.
If Labor is to once again uncap university funding, vocational education reform is a vital.
New plans will speed students through an intensive training course, that will see them working cases in 12 weeks.
An administrative link between a graduate's education and taxation records already exists, and it could be used to give us more accurate and detailed longitudinal analyses of graduate outcomes.
New analysis reveals surprising insights into five key myths and misconceptions about Australian university student graduate outcomes.
Until you reach 25, employers can pay you less than your older colleagues.
Global economic realities shouldn't deter African universities from continuing to push for massification. But they must do so armed with knowledge, lessons from elsewhere and strong funding models.
Don't just rely on your degree certificate to get a job after university. Work on your employability too.
Confusing short-term jobs with long-term career outcomes is a distraction from the real issues in science higher education.
Young people are pressured into university and many end up in unsuitable courses. We need to recognise these realities and be clear about the purpose of higher education so it doesn't lose its value.
It depends on what you mean by ‘graduates’.
If robots will take traditional graduate jobs, universities should be training students in borderless leadership skills.
With secure jobs hard to find, it's easier for people from higher social classes to be in temporary work.
Graduates aren't all working in coffee shops – they have fuelled growth in top jobs.
As debates rage on whether graduates are 'over-educated', researchers have looked at what's actually happening to their jobs.
Gaining that required qualification to put on your CV is what counts to win a job in today’s “graduate economy”. On current trends, perhaps everyone will have a degree by the end of this century. Already…
An increasing number of high-skilled graduates, rather than technology, could be to blame for a decline in the UK's mid-paying jobs.
A lifetime of study and preparation are no guarantee of success for PhDs when they hit the job market. Things can and should be improved.
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Higher Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
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Director, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto
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Alan Montague is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer/Program Director, masters program in human resources management, RMIT University
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Emeritus Professor, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick
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Director, Office of Planning and Strategic Management, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor and Australian Learning & Teaching Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of Warwick
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Professor of Education, Jesus College, University of Cambridge
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Senior Manager, Higher Education Policy, La Trobe University
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Senior Teaching Fellow, School of Management, University of Bath
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance. School of Society, Enterprise and Environment, Bath Spa University
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Professor of Information Management and Director, Cass Learning Laboratory, Cass Business School, City, University of London
