Aspiration Nation

This infographic, recently published in the i newspaper, shows the mismatch between the aspirations of young people and the employment prospects currently available to them.

UCAS has announced how T levels, due to be introduced from September 2020, are to be graded. T-levels contain a mixture of classroom learning and "on-the-job" experience, including a placement in the workplace of at least 315 hours. Candidates will be awarded one of four overall grades, ranging from Distinction* to a Pass. They will also get a nationally recognised certificate which will show their overall grade and a breakdown of what they have achieved across the T-level programme.

Employment in the UK

This infographic from the i newspaper shows the recent trends in employment in the UK.

What Parents want ... What Children want ...

Recent research shows that parents' views on what an ideal job might be differs from their children's ideas. Funny that ...

Are we getting the jobs of our dreams?

A recent infographic published in the i newspaper reported that less than a third of the UK's workforce thinks that they're in the "right" job ...

Students are over-paying their loans

£28.5m in student loan over-payments has been unclaimed by graduates. In a nine-year period, around 500,000 former students overpaid on their student loans, paying on average nearly £600 more than they owed. Over-payments are made due to the way information is shared about loan repayments. Traditionally, the Student Loan Company has received repayment information once a year, at the end of the tax year in April. This means that if a graduate repaid their loans during the tax year, for example in November, they will have been making over-payments for the rest of that tax year.

And the most desirable employer is ...

Universum Global has published its annual Global Talent Survey which found that Google is the UK’s most desirable company to work for by graduates for the 7th consecutive year. Universum studied 39,500 students from 97 UK universities. Google has widened its applicant pool from STEM graduates with Humanities and Law students both ranking it in their top two and four companies to work for respectively.