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YouGov survey finds big differences in support for universities across different political parties

The needs of students and their homelands – not their hosts – should govern international education offerings, policymakers told

Alignment between study and work improving, particularly in health and education

Number of applications for every role reaches highest level in two decades, according to annual survey

Challenging economic conditions may have led to bump in student recruitment numbers this year but experts fear long-term damage after institutions pegged futures to employability agenda

Two universities that have high shares of students taking internships explain how they prioritise sustainability while improving graduate employability

Both internal and external board members agree on priorities for institutions, countering view that outsiders favour different approach

Australian study finds that philosophers outearn motor mechanics – on average

International education lobby group warns against course and policy redesign based around local employability of foreign graduates

China’s post-pandemic economic slowdown is continuing to depress the graduate job market – and graduates themselves. But while the government looks to universities to address the malaise, many observers suggest that they lack the autonomy to do so effectively. Tash Mosheim reports

Long-touted benefit of getting a degree depends on country’s economic development, finds new study

Two universities unite to create position aimed at increasing employability of international graduates when they return to home country

Employers are confining many low-skilled roles to graduates. Why should they care that this requires recruits to take on huge debt, asks Paul Wiltshire

Professional figures should help teach graduates to engage respectfully with clients or colleagues who hold different views, says David Finn

More international students express dissatisfaction with degree outcomes in latest UK-wide survey

The overhauling of two major graduate earnings surveys has highlighted that existing figures are an uncertain measure of a degree’s value even in narrow economic terms. But by talking up the graduate premium in its promotional material, was the sector already doing itself a disservice? Patrick Jack reports

Overseas students need skills and knowledge tailored to their national contexts, say Wei Li, Rachael Hains-Wesson, Kaiying Ji and Yinfeng Shen

Falling employment among those who don’t have degrees drives up jobs gap but annual figures to be stopped amid questions over their quality

Early career researchers from non-EU countries describe major hurdles to Swedish residency under recent migration law changes

Survey highlights concerns that university leavers are less prepared for work than previous generations

UK needs data on how ‘marginal’ graduates fare in workforce compared with if they didn’t have a degree, argues new report

Averages aren’t enough. We need to know when HE expansion causes the marginal premium to disappear. It was probably long ago, says Paul Wiltshire

Employment rates for PhD holders reach record low in South Korea, with younger researchers most affected

UCL research potentially has significant implications for universities rated on post-study employment outcomes

Collating information from LinkedIn, ORCID profiles, Hesa and HMRC could solve data black hole over PhD careers, says research director

Tech platform chief is proponent of locally grown AI talent, as Asian superpower focuses on industry-academia collaboration

Latest scheme designed to encourage graduates to live and work in less populated regions of the country

To maintain the graduate premium, universities must anticipate skills needs, guide good course choices and be open to everyone, says Shitij Kapur

Combining subjects with computer science seen as way of increasing the attractiveness of courses not linked to jobs

Divide between number of graduates and non-graduates voting in 2024 election double what it was in 2019

Employers’ attitudes and pay discrepancies seen as hampering drive to increase doctoral level enrolments

Oxbridge and STEM doctoral graduates are more likely to benefit from ‘mover’s advantage’, says ����Vlog paper on international mobility

Skills development is job of whole society, not just universities, conference hears

Universities risk becoming ‘obsolete’ if they are not able to tailor education to their local communities, summit hears

The chancellor of Abu Dhabi University on different types of intelligence, freedom of speech and universities in the East versus West 

Lack of expertise may make it impossible for universities to meet minimum standards set by research funders

Beijing announces plans to expand doctoral programmes in key disciplines and offers more financial aid

The Institute of Student Employers’ (ISE) annual survey records the highest number of applications per job since it first started collecting data in 1991

Alumni of American institutions now lead 70 countries globally after largest yearly increase

Annual Education at a Glance report says graduate employment rates for women and men have almost reached parity in Greece and Portugal

Non-EU graduates more likely to be in low-skilled jobs, Eurostat data reveals

Prime minister promises to investigate ‘murders’ after student protests against government hiring practices turn deadly

Report by Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes examines the earnings and employment status of more than 1 million individuals

Institute for Fiscal Studies says big rise in interest accrued on student loans is direct result of high nominal interest rates

Department for Education figures also show that UK course with highest average salary after five years pays seven times more than the course with the lowest

The proportion of non-EU graduates of UK universities who said their current activity was not meaningful has doubled in recent years

Chinese leader calls for greater alignment of degree programmes with the country’s workplace needs

Initiative aims to bridge the gap as education seen as ‘not solving’ Africa’s employment issues

Rejecting Ed Balls-authored study, new analysis says graduate premium outside London has held up despite soaring student numbers

Economy is failing to create enough professional jobs for fresh graduates, leaving young voters feeling frustrated

Young people experiencing increasingly turbulent starts to their working lives, study finds

With 3,000 graduate students picketing for higher pay, Boston University dean encourages faculty to ‘think creatively’ about using technological alternatives

Heilbronn Institute director Catherine Hobbs warns that graduates of highly selective institutions are less likely to work in school sector

Data highlights career benefits of higher education amid pitch for more participation

Australian study finds good prospects for research degree graduates, so long as they look beyond academia

Many who study science do not pursue it as a career, sociologist John Skrentny has found, and toxic work cultures mean that few of those who do enter industry stay for long

Oxford researchers say more international students are staying in UK beyond two-year period allowed by post-study work visa, but many of them are not going into graduate-level jobs

Lost earnings and missed workplace experience means PhD graduates will take decades to catch up on postgraduates despite higher wages, analysis shows

Strathclyde principal flags growing realisation that greater national coordination is needed between universities and businesses

Amid heavy attention on certificates and scepticism toward traditional higher education, Georgetown jobs projection shows rising value of four-year graduates