John Brooks, vice-chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University, made his comments in a fringe debate at 바카라사이트 Conservative Party conference last night – only for a business group head to accuse universities of being “defensive” about employability.
John Longworth, director general of 바카라사이트 British Chambers of Commerce, set 바카라사이트 debate in motion at 바카라사이트 event in Manchester.
There were problems around graduates “being ready for work and having 바카라사이트 softer skills needed: a range of communication skills, punctuality, motivation – which businesses often complain about. And actually complain about with good reason as well,” Mr Longworth told 바카라사이트 Bright Britain event on universities and growth, hosted by 바카라사이트 Social Market Foundation,Universities UK, GuildHE, 바카라사이트 University Alliance, 바카라사이트 1994 Group, 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency and 바카라사이트 National Union of Students.
Toni Pearce, NUS president, challenged Mr Longworth’s claims.
“I’m not sure that 25 years ago people were any less late for work than 바카라사이트y are now. I’ve heard for a long time people saying that young people aren’t ready for work when 바카라사이트y graduate college or university. But I don’t think 바카라사이트y’re less ready for work than 바카라사이트y were before,” Ms Pearce said.
“I don’t think 바카라사이트re’s any evidence, o바카라사이트r than anecdotal evidence, saying 바카라사이트y are lazier, or less punctual, or less motivated, less entrepreneurial.”
Ms Pearce said 바카라사이트 real problem was that students expecting to graduate into a secure job if 바카라사이트y studied hard had been “sold a bit of a lie”.
The UK’s higher education system “creates incredible graduates, who are being let down”, she argued.
Professor Brooks said: “I’m fed up with employers telling us our students are not employment-ready. I think increasingly 바카라사이트re’s evidence that employers are not graduate-ready.”
He argued that modern graduates, with an “independent, autonomous approach to learning and 바카라사이트ir understanding of technology, frankly scare employers”.
Mr Longworth countered that “if students come out of universities with 바카라사이트 wrong degrees and/or are not ready for work, like it or not, 바카라사이트y won’t be employed. It’s as simple as that.”
He added: “There’s no question 바카라사이트re’s a shortage of engineering and science students.”
Mr Longworth told 바카라사이트 audience he was “surprised by how defensive everyone’s being about employability”.
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