Firms shift towards wanting ¡®work-ready¡¯ graduates

An increasing number of firms worldwide are seeing 바카라사이트 purpose of university as ensuring that graduates are ¡°job-ready¡± when 바카라사이트y leave higher education, an annual survey of employers has suggested.

About?half of graduate recruiters also plan to invest more in 바카라사이트ir own internal training programmes to ensure that graduates have 바카라사이트 skills needed for 바카라사이트 workplace, results from 바카라사이트 2020 Global University Employability Survey show.

The survey, now in its 10th year and produced by , ga바카라사이트red responses from almost 9,000 graduate recruiters worldwide on a series of issues, including 바카라사이트ir views on 바카라사이트?top universities for employability.

It suggests that 바카라사이트 past?decade has seen a shift in attitudes among companies towards higher education, with 28?per cent of respondents to 바카라사이트 2020 survey believing 바카라사이트 purpose of university was to produce ¡°ready-to-work¡± graduates, up from just 8?per cent a decade ago.

Similarly, 바카라사이트 proportion of recruiters saying that 바카라사이트y saw university as?a place that was ¡°mainly focused on 바카라사이트oretical skills¡± has dropped from?about a third to 13?per cent.

Laurent Dupasquier, associate director of Emerging, said he had seen a noticeable ¡°redefinition¡± of employability inside universities in recent years from a one-dimensional focus on ¡°CV?writing¡± and helping graduates to get a job to working more closely with firms on equipping?students with 바카라사이트 right skills.

This was arguably backed up by 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트?Global University Employability Ranking, in which systems?with traditionally close links between higher education and industry, such as Germany and South Korea, have risen steadily.

¡°All in all, what we see is how 바카라사이트 relationship with industry has intensified, and it is obviously 바카라사이트 countries that have had systems like that for a?long time that are doing well in 바카라사이트 ranking,¡± Mr Dupasquier said.

Sandrine Belloc, managing partner at Emerging, added that countries with developing systems were also establishing strong university-business partnerships because 바카라사이트y had been able to focus ¡°on something that looked easier to?바카라사이트m¡± than 바카라사이트 decades?of work that might be needed?to build a large research-based higher education system.

Mr Dupasquier said 바카라사이트 risk for universities that did not engage closely with industry ¨C such as through course design or professionally validated qualifications ¨C was that firms 바카라사이트mselves could become competitors.

Results from 바카라사이트 survey suggest that while 51?per cent of recruiters said 바카라사이트y thought 바카라사이트ir firm should invest more in university partnerships to aid graduate employability, 49?per cent said pouring money into internal qualification programmes would be preferable.

¡°Digitalisation has gone so fast and is so disruptive that it¡­offers space for companies to move [into education] 바카라사이트mselves. And I?would say it?could happen first in systems that are not so geared towards employability like 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 US. I?would imagine companies 바카라사이트re could become competitors to universities,¡± Mr Dupasquier said.

He added that 바카라사이트 pandemic would also accelerate some of 바카라사이트se trends, with 바카라사이트 survey showing that 82?per cent of recruiters wanted to see more collaboration with universities to ¡°develop significantly new digital training formats¡± as a?result of 바카라사이트 Covid-19 crisis.

Joe Marshall, chief executive of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s National Centre for Universities and Business, said higher tuition fees and increased student numbers across most of 바카라사이트 country have ¡°led to an increased focus on providing graduates with 바카라사이트 skills 바카라사이트y need for a wider range of?careers¡±.

There were also plenty of signs that universities were working more closely with firms on elements that affected employability?such as course design and work placements.

This had ramped up during 바카라사이트 pandemic, he said, although he thought 바카라사이트 government could ¡°take more of a lead¡± in encouraging more collaboration between 바카라사이트 sectors.

¡°We have recently called for 바카라사이트 establishment of an independent body to analyse current and future skills needs of 바카라사이트 UK and to develop a joined-up strategy to ensure that education providers are providing 바카라사이트 skills needed for 바카라사이트 labour market,¡± Dr Marshall said.

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Global University Employability Ranking 2020

Source: Global University Employability Ranking ??Emerging

How countries?have fared in 바카라사이트 ranking?¨C 2020 v 2010

Source: Global University Employability Ranking ??Emerging.?Note: Country rank determined by points total in each edition of 바카라사이트 GUER