Today’s graduates may average five separate careers and around 17 different employers in their working life. This means an important skill these days is flexibility and the ability to adapt.
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In a victory for meritocracy, sandwich placements overwhelmingly go to the brightest students, irrespective of their background.
When a degree is not enough, how can students make themselves more employable?
A new study quantifies unpaid work experience in Australia and shows how some young people miss out.
With the university summer holidays now in full swing, many second-year students will be gearing up to start their first day at work in September instead of heading back to lectures. Sandwich years – a…
Across the world, governments are asking how to close the gap between the world of education and the world of employment. Now a new collection of papers has set out just how important employer interventions…
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