More and more Australians are gaining university degrees. And increasingly that means a degree does not guarantee a job, although it did appear to offer some protection against COVID job losses.
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Students with lower ATARs generally have lower lifetime earnings. But a Grattan Institute report found low ATAR men could earn more doing a VET course than a bachelor degree in their chosen field.
At least in the short term, employment opportunities for graduates seem to be increasing.
We should keep in mind that education is valuable beyond graduate earning capacity, and that what a student learns during their education can have little to do with why they earn more.
Attending an elite university plays a small role in an undergraduate’s starting salary compared to other factors, such as high ATAR, the field of study they chose and the region in which they work.
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.
The government claims university degrees are failing businesses, but analysis of the latest graduate outcome and employer satisfaction surveys tells us the problem is with underemployment.
New analysis reveals surprising insights into five key myths and misconceptions about Australian university student graduate outcomes.
With graduate employment at its lowest since records began in the 1980s, universities are trying to come up with ways to make their graduates more attractive to employers. One common way is involving employers in their teaching solutions, but this has rarely worked.
An Adelaide law firm announced its plans to charge law graduates A$22,000 up front for a job with them. While we are facing a problem of an oversupply of law graduates, this isn’t the way to go about solving it.
A highly educated workforce is for everyone’s benefit, but only if the graduates have broad skills.
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Director, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Finance and Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Director, LH Martin Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Charles Darwin University
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Senior lecturer, Macquarie University
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Chief Data Officer, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Researcher and Senior Manager, Strategic Information, Monash University
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Head of Department of Employment Relations & Human Resources, and Professor, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, Griffith University
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Casual Academic, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast
