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British Industry Groups Criticize Government Goal of Increasing College Participation

Posted on March 30, 2010 by | Comments Off on British Industry Groups Criticize Government Goal of Increasing College Participation

The Chronicle: British Industry Groups Criticize Government Goal of Increasing College Participation

A leading British business industry organization has called for an “urgent review” of the government’s target of increasing university participation rates to 50 percent of the young population, the Financial Times reported. The group, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, also released survey results showing that 59 percent of recent graduates who have a job are not working in a field related to their degrees. The higher number of competing graduates, it says, is reducing the likelihood that they will be able to find suitable jobs. Another industry organization, the Association of Graduate Recruiters, has also criticized the target, calling it an artificial goal that “has driven down standards and devalued the currency of a degree.”

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Business Leaders Oppose Democratization of British Universities

Posted on March 9, 2010 by | Comments Off on Business Leaders Oppose Democratization of British Universities

The Guardian: Abolish Labour target of sending 50% to university, report urges
The government’s strategy has driven down standards and devalued degrees, say graduate recruiters

The national graduate recruitment exhibition at the Barbican in London last year. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Labour’s target of getting 50% of young people to go to university has driven down standards and devalued degrees – and the next government should abolish it, leading graduate recruiters argued today.

The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), which represents 750 employers, many of them blue-chip companies, also called for a phased increase in top-up fees. It said its proposals would force higher education institutions to be more open about the job prospects their courses offered.

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