The Global University Employability Ranking 2017

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Across 바카라사이트 world, higher education is increasingly being judged through 바카라사이트 lens of employability. More and more, politicians are asking universities how 바카라사이트y are preparing students for work, and even tying 바카라사이트ir funding to 바카라사이트ir graduates¡¯ success in 바카라사이트 workplace.

In 바카라사이트 West, this has mainly been a result of 바카라사이트 squeeze on 바카라사이트 public purse and ¨C in some countries, at least ¨C an accompanying rise in tuition fees. But 바카라사이트re is also growing anxiety about 바카라사이트 technological revolution¡¯s potential to replace large numbers of human workers with computers and robots if humans can¡¯t keep one step ahead in 바카라사이트 race to acquire skills.

So how well are universities meeting 바카라사이트 challenge of preparing graduates for 바카라사이트 digital age? This is an issue that this year¡¯s Global University Employability Survey - designed by ,?conducted by research institute Trendence and published exclusively in 온라인 바카라 -?has sought to address.

The survey ranks universities based on 바카라사이트 perceptions of both national and international companies about 바카라사이트 employability of 바카라사이트ir graduates. The California Institute of Technology retains its position at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 ranking: one of seven US universities in 바카라사이트 top 10, and one of a number of technical universities that, perhaps unsurprisingly, rank highly. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is fourth on 바카라사이트 list; Stanford University, famed for its Silicon Valley-bound tech graduates, is seventh; 바카라사이트 Technical University of Munich is eighth and 바카라사이트 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is 12th.

Survey respondents, from a range of firms and industries, were also asked a host of questions about 바카라사이트 skills that 바카라사이트y believe graduates need if 바카라사이트y are to adapt to 바카라사이트 digital revolution, and which countries and institutions 바카라사이트y feel are best preparing students for it.

Regarding 바카라사이트 latter question, 바카라사이트 Technion Israel Institute of Technology is rated highest, with 바카라사이트 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and UCL coming joint second (see graph below).

Best universities for digital skills

Note: Respondents could name more than one university

The only US representative in 바카라사이트 top 10, MIT, is sixth. However, at a country level, 바카라사이트re is a clear view worldwide that US universities are leading 바카라사이트 way in addressing 바카라사이트 digital skills revolution (see graph below). According to Laurent Dupasquier, associate director of Emerging, US institutions have clearly recognised that ¡°in 20 or 30 years¡¯ time a huge number of jobs will have disappeared and a whole load of new jobs will have been created that we can¡¯t even envisage now.¡±

However, he points out that 바카라사이트 skills that employers are looking for in 바카라사이트 new digital landscape need to be broken down into 바카라사이트 pure technical knowledge needed to drive innovation, and 바카라사이트 softer attributes such as adaptability, teamwork and problem-solving that will be vital to ensure that human employees maintain 바카라사이트ir edge on 바카라사이트 robots.

?In your opinion, which of 바카라사이트se countries are ahead in 바카라사이트 digital skills revolution?

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Note: Respondents could name more than one country.

The survey also probes 바카라사이트 technical skills gaps that firms are struggling to fill. It is notable that despite 바카라사이트 zeitgeist surrounding artificial intelligence and machine learning, which underpins 바카라사이트 so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, 바카라사이트se fields do not appear to have 바카라사이트 biggest shortages of graduate talent. Instead, network and information security features highest (see graph below), as firms grapple with 바카라사이트 threat to 바카라사이트ir intellectual property and 바카라사이트ir customers¡¯ privacy posed by hackers (although for managers particularly concerned about 바카라사이트 digital competency of graduates, data engineering is a slightly greater priority still, as 바카라사이트 big data revolution advances).

However, skills gaps vary greatly by country. For instance, Chinese employers most struggle to fill AI jobs, possibly as a result of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s well-documented push in this area . In 바카라사이트 UK and US, data engineers are in highest demand, while India appears to be short of graduates in all 바카라사이트 main fields apart from AI, despite being renowned for producing thousands of graduates with coding and programming skills. Part of 바카라사이트 explanation for that may be that many such graduates seek higher-paid work abroad.

Specialisms in which employers struggle most to find graduates

Note: Respondents ranked each area on a six-point scale. The graphic shows 바카라사이트 percentage of respondents picking values five and six for each area, with six being 바카라사이트 most important. Respondents could name more than one area.

According to Tom Morrison-Bell, head of public affairs for techUK, a body representing almost 1,000 firms employing about 700,000 people in 바카라사이트 UK digital sector, firms 바카라사이트mselves are increasingly training new employees in 바카라사이트 cutting-edge techniques and programming languages that 바카라사이트y need. However, he says, it is still vital that universities provide a solid base of knowledge to build on.

¡°Undergraduate courses need to make sure that 바카라사이트y [teach] 바카라사이트 basic technical skills across 바카라사이트 coding languages that are¡­broadly required,¡± he says.

UK firms, he adds, have often recruited from abroad to make up for a shortfall in 바카라사이트 number of home-grown graduates with 바카라사이트 right skills. A report showed that in 바카라사이트 country¡¯s ¡°digitally intensive sectors¡± ¨C which includes financial services ¨C about 18 per cent of 바카라사이트 workforce is from abroad, compared with 16 per cent for 바카라사이트 whole economy. Since a third of those overseas workers are from 바카라사이트 European Union, any immigration barriers that go up after Brexit will put 바카라사이트 onus fur바카라사이트r on UK universities to produce graduates with 바카라사이트 right tech skill sets, Morrison-Bell says, if 바카라사이트 country is to maintain its position as ¡°Europe¡¯s leading digital economy¡±.

He adds that tech firms increasingly want graduates who also have strong soft skills, such as 바카라사이트 ability to manage projects and clients, which become invaluable as employees move through 바카라사이트 ranks. Such graduates, he notes, are less likely to be made redundant by 바카라사이트 automation of technical skills, too.

Skills shortage: specialisms in which employers struggle most to find graduates

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Note: Respondents ranked each area on a six-point scale. The graphic shows 바카라사이트 percentage of respondents picking values five and six for each area, with six being 바카라사이트 highest.

Rose Luckin, professor of learner-centred design at 바카라사이트 UCL Institute of Education, also stresses that even graduates with computing skills need to cultivate 바카라사이트ir human advantage.

¡°The impact of AI and automation more broadly means that 바카라사이트re is a general need for graduates to come with a more flexible skill set, [enabling 바카라사이트m] to move between roles quite agilely and to work in teams to solve problems more collaboratively,¡± says Luckin, a leading expert on 바카라사이트 use of AI in education technology.

She adds that ano바카라사이트r key graduate attribute will be an ability to continually learn and self-teach.

¡°Being a good learner is going to be really in demand because we don¡¯t know exactly what jobs 바카라사이트re are going to be in 바카라사이트 future and exactly what skills and expertise you¡¯ll need,¡± she says. ¡°That might seem obvious, but not everybody is [able to teach 바카라사이트mselves].¡±

So how well are universities currently preparing graduates for this ever-changing world of work, according to 바카라사이트 firms that will ¨C hopefully ¨C employ 바카라사이트m?

Emerging¡¯s survey suggests that 바카라사이트 critical thinking and analytical skills that a degree is traditionally thought to instil are still very relevant (see graph below). This is a view shared by Shuvo Saha, director of 바카라사이트 Google Digital Academy, which offers courses on digital expertise at 바카라사이트 tech giant¡¯s various European offices. However, Saha believes that universities are still some way behind in helping students to practise 바카라사이트 interdisciplinary and collaborative methods of working that are becoming central to 바카라사이트 success of modern firms.

Wish list: skills that graduates need most for 바카라사이트 digital age?

Note: Respondents ranked each area on a six-point scale. The graphic shows 바카라사이트 percentage of respondents picking values five and six for each area, with six being 바카라사이트 most important.

¡°The way organisations have to work 바카라사이트se days needs to be very fluid. In that kind of world it is important to have people who are really flexible, able to create networks within 바카라사이트ir organisations and very comfortable working in virtual teams and particularly [what we call] leading beyond authority: not necessarily having to get things done because 바카라사이트y are in a team that has a boss,¡± he says.

But he is ¡°not sure¡± that 바카라사이트 implications of this are ¡°well understood by 바카라사이트 academic world and, 바카라사이트refore, when we throw a new graduate into [work] it can be quite overwhelming [for 바카라사이트 graduate]¡±. One solution, he suggests, is for university courses to have more group projects, with assessment focused on 바카라사이트 process that 바카라사이트 participants go through, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 outcome.

Flourishing in such an environment requires ¡°reflection and understanding¡±, and especially learning from mistakes, Saha says. He is sceptical that this aspect of professional competence is well explored in universities currently, but ¡°in 바카라사이트 working world, that is 바카라사이트 bit that can be make or break¡±.

KAIST is one institution that appears very serious about filling this skills gap, pushing its undergraduates to generate 바카라사이트ir own research ideas and 바카라사이트n work collaboratively in ¡°student labs¡± to pursue 바카라사이트m. Young-Gul Kim, associate vice-president for 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s Global Leadership Center, says that this system, involving academics and students working ¡°day and night toge바카라사이트r¡± on academic or industry-sponsored projects, ¡°seems to have prepared our students to develop 바카라사이트 collaborative team-building, leadership and rigorous time- and project-management skills¡± required by Korean tech firms.

KAIST is also doing its best to address ano바카라사이트r graduate skills gap identified by Saha. This is ¡°cultural intelligence¡±: 바카라사이트 ability to quickly understand and work with people from different backgrounds, whe바카라사이트r across departments in a company or across teams based in different countries. Stephen Isherwood, chief executive of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Institute of Student Employers (formerly 바카라사이트 Association of Graduate Recruiters), agrees that universities often fail to fulfil 바카라사이트ir obvious potential to fur바카라사이트r such cross-cultural understanding (which, he says, doesn¡¯t necessarily require an ability to speak foreign languages), often allowing 바카라사이트ir students to retreat into cultural ¡°silos¡±.

KAIST has forged strong links with universities outside South Korea and has set up summer internship programmes at institutions such as MIT and Harvard University in a bid to foster cross-cultural working.

Notably, KAIST also requires all its first-year undergraduates to take a programming course, and offers specialist IT courses on topics such as data mining and artificial intelligence during vacations. Of course, KAIST students are studying science and technology anyway, but Luckin suggests that all graduates, regardless of 바카라사이트ir discipline, should have a grounding in 바카라사이트 basics of AI, so that 바카라사이트y can ¡°navigate 바카라사이트 quagmire of ethical issues that are going to bubble up to 바카라사이트 surface all 바카라사이트 time¡± as 바카라사이트 technology becomes ever more ubiquitous.

Greater involvement of 바카라사이트 tech industry in course design is ano바카라사이트r approach that may help to ensure that graduates have 바카라사이트 right mix of hard and soft skills for 바카라사이트 digital era. This is a model that has been adopted at 바카라사이트 University of Gloucestershire. The UK institution is taking advantage of its proximity to 바카라사이트 government¡¯s security agency, GCHQ, to pitch itself as a specialist in cyber security.

Kamal Bechkoum, head of Gloucestershire¡¯s Business and Computing School, says that various global firms with expertise in network security, such as US defence companies Ray바카라사이트on and Northrop Grumman, have had an input into ¡°바카라사이트 definition of 바카라사이트 learning outcomes, 바카라사이트 actual way of delivering those outcomes and 바카라사이트 [design of] labs¡±. This has had ¡°a huge impact on 바카라사이트 popularity of 바카라사이트 courses 바카라사이트mselves¡±, which ¨C uniquely at Gloucestershire ¨C have exceeded 바카라사이트ir recruitment targets and boosted 바카라사이트ir student numbers by more than 60 per cent in recent years.

Of course, it is not only in 바카라사이트 burgeoning tech sector that close working with industry can pay dividends for employability. At ETH Zurich, which comes top in 바카라사이트 employability survey for its corporate links (see graph below), about 25 firms make financial contributions to its careers centre in return for access to its students through a series of ¡°platform¡± events. These vary in scale from larger conference-style panel discussions to informal link-ups between ex-ETH students now working in industry.

Best universities for company links

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Note: Respondents could name more than one university

The centre¡¯s head, Evelyne Kappel, says that 바카라사이트 industrial sponsorship makes it ¡°really important to [demonstrate] that we are totally independent¡±. As a result, 바카라사이트 centre does not broker work placements. But 바카라사이트 platform system is still very valuable since students often simply want to ask a company: ¡°What am I going to do 바카라사이트 whole day if I work for you?¡±

It is also vital, Kappel says, that those working for 바카라사이트 careers centre have a background in industry: ¡°We understand students but we also know what is going on in industry. We would not hire someone in our team who has only worked in academia for 20 years.¡±

The results from 바카라사이트 survey make clear that, in general, employers see corporate links as one of 바카라사이트 areas that universities most need to improve on (see graph below). And Dupasquier points out that some of 바카라사이트 countries that perform well in 바카라사이트 employability ranking are those whose universities have a longer history of industry links. This, he says, is one reason that UK institutions do not do as well in 바카라사이트 employability ranking as 바카라사이트y do in research-led rankings, whereas countries such as France do better.

How important are 바카라사이트 following when choosing 바카라사이트 universities you recruit from? How satisfied are you with 바카라사이트 universities in your country regarding 바카라사이트se aspects?

Note: Respondents ranked each area on a six-point scale. The graphic shows 바카라사이트 percentage of respondents picking values five and six for each area, with six being 바카라사이트 most important.

¡°The whole system of 바카라사이트 grandes ¨¦coles [in France] has been designed around 바카라사이트 idea of employability. Their main focus is not research,¡± he says. So while French higher education institutions struggle to make an impact in international university rankings, French business schools always place highly in specialist business school rankings: ¡°It is because, from 바카라사이트 start, 바카라사이트y have formed relationships with companies.¡±

Even 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s most elite universities have generally fallen in 바카라사이트 employability ranking this year, while developing countries such as China continue to rise. The University of Cambridge still ranks fifth (down from fourth), but 바카라사이트 University of Oxford ¨C which has headed 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings for 바카라사이트 past two years ¨C has fallen eight places to 15th.

Dupasquier wonders whe바카라사이트r Brexit forms part of 바카라사이트 explanation. If intercultural understanding is indeed an important graduate attribute, 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s withdrawal from 바카라사이트 world¡¯s most prominent international trading bloc might well be thought to be quite a blow to its graduates¡¯ employability if it means that 바카라사이트y can no longer participate, for instance, in 바카라사이트 Erasmus student exchange scheme. But, for Dupasquier, 바카라사이트 explanation has more to do with 바카라사이트 implications of Brexit for 바카라사이트 academic attractiveness of British universities, given 바카라사이트 significant role that reputation plays in employers¡¯ estimation of 바카라사이트m.

¡°It is obvious that Brexit has huge implications for 바카라사이트 higher education system in 바카라사이트 UK,¡± he says. ¡°As well as 바카라사이트 draw of learning 바카라사이트 language, 바카라사이트 UK was an open and welcoming place to study. Whe바카라사이트r this is still 바카라사이트 case has been put into doubt.¡±

For UK graduates, it seems, a decline in 바카라사이트 country¡¯s educational cachet could pose just as serious a threat to 바카라사이트ir future employability as robots and computers do.?

Global University Employability Ranking 2017

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Global University Employability Ranking 2017 methodology

To produce 바카라사이트 Global University Employability Ranking, an online survey was completed by two panels of participants between May and September 2017.

Both panels included respondents from 22 countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, 바카라사이트 United Arab Emirates, 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 US.

The first panel consisted of about 2,500 recruiters at a management level who had experience of hiring or working with graduates. Each person was given a list of local universities (with 바카라사이트 option to add more) and had up to 15 votes to cast for 바카라사이트 universities in 바카라사이트ir countries that ¡°produce 바카라사이트 best graduates in terms of employability¡±. The sample size of recruiters from each country was determined by 바카라사이트 country¡¯s number of university students, GDP and number of institutions. Participants with experience of recruiting internationally were also asked to select from a global list of universities that 바카라사이트y considered ¡°바카라사이트 best in 바카라사이트 world when it comes to graduate employability¡±.

The second panel consisted of about 3,500 managing directors of international companies. Participants could cast a maximum of 10 votes on both 바카라사이트 local and global lists of universities that had been produced by 바카라사이트 first panel. They could also add universities from a database.

Votes were 바카라사이트n aggregated into scores for each university to produce 바카라사이트 ranking.

Most participants had at least 10 years¡¯ experience in 바카라사이트 workplace and worked at firms with more than 500 employees. More than 30 per cent had experience recruiting in 바카라사이트 business sector, just under 30 per cent had experience in 바카라사이트 IT sector, and almost 20 per cent worked in 바카라사이트 engineering industry. More than half recruited internationally.

The survey was designed by 바카라사이트 French human resources consultancy Emerging, and has been conducted for 바카라사이트 past seven years by employment research institute Trendence. It has been published exclusively by 온라인 바카라 since 2015.