http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/jul/25/white-paper-universities-training-jobs
This article fits in with my previous post about work experience whilst learning!! The white paper the government's higher education document is realising how important employability is for young graduates. Many countries in Europe including Germany and Sweden as I mentioned in my previous post put a greater emphasis on the need for vocational learning.
As someone who did one of their careers placements at UEL (docklands) I was able to observe the advantages of empolyability training. UEL encouraged their graduates and fellow students to seek employment in positive ways. Universities should provide empolyability training but the question is why are some universities still thinking such training is a little beneath them.
It is clear that academics who teach at more prestigious universities may not be so willing to teach about actual work experience. If this should be case then shouldn't the government bring in people who are willing to do this. Also some universities are known for being more employable then others is that really fair? The empolyability rates for universities after 6 months from the guardian league tables indicate that some of the universities with high empolyability rates include Cambridge, oxford, Imperial UCL etc. The lower ranking universities were among London Met, Bolton and University of east London.
Having traning programmes for graduates that coming from universities who have lower empolyability rates could prove useful. This may be a some food for thought and as this article indicates its only an idea at the moment so things may not change only time will tell.
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