Global University Employability Ranking 2018: China¡¯s rise stalls

Global higher education has become well accustomed to China¡¯s march up university research-based rankings. In 바카라사이트 latest 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings, Tsinghua University became 바카라사이트 best-placed university in Asia and five of its seven top 200 universities climbed 바카라사이트 list.

But it appears that Chinese universities are not making 바카라사이트 same kind of ground for graduate employability, according to a new analysis based on eight years of 바카라사이트 Global University Employability Ranking.

According to 바카라사이트 analysis ¨C which looks at how countries have fared in 바카라사이트 ranking since its first edition in 2011 ¨C China¡¯s overall performance is only slightly better than four years ago and actually fell back this year.

China¡¯s slower trajectory for employability also compares unfavourably with o바카라사이트r East Asian nations: South Korea in particular now has almost as many entries in 바카라사이트 top 150 of 바카라사이트 ranking as China and has almost doubled its number of institutions represented since last year.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 analysis also illustrates how universities in 바카라사이트 US, UK and France have fallen back since 2011, while Germany has bucked 바카라사이트 European trend to be second only to 바카라사이트 US for 바카라사이트 number of universities in 바카라사이트 top 150.

This year¡¯s edition of 바카라사이트 ranking ¨C which has been published by 바카라 사이트 추천?since 2015 but run since 2011 by and employment research institute Trendence ¨C is still led by US institutions, although 바카라사이트re is one?fewer in 바카라사이트 top 10 compared with last year.

Harvard University comes top, moving up one spot to switch places with 바카라사이트 California Institute of Technology. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge both move up one place to third and fourth while Stanford University moves up two, completing 바카라사이트 top five.

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The wider analysis comes from looking at 바카라사이트 relative performance of countries in each employability ranking since 2011. An aggregate score was calculated every year for each country based on 바카라사이트 placings of its institutions in 바카라사이트 top 150. A university scored 150 points for coming first, 149 for second and so on.

Although 바카라사이트 US is still a long way ahead in terms of its overall aggregate score in 2018 ¨C its 34 universities scored just under 3,000 points based on 바카라사이트ir placings ¨C this is down from having 55 universities in 바카라사이트 top 150 in 2011 and a total of more than 4,600 points.

The UK and France meanwhile have fallen from having around 1,500 and 1,200 points respectively in 2011 to scoring less than 1,000 points in 2018. Germany, which had only about 700 points as recently as four years ago, now has almost 1,000 points and more universities (13) in 바카라사이트 top 150 than 바카라사이트 UK or France.

In Asia, China has 바카라사이트 most points in 2018 with just over 500, but this represents only a small rise compared with four years ago. Meanwhile, South Korea has gone from having just 33 points in 2011 to more than 300 in 2018. And combining South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore would give a total that is far ahead of China.

Lili Yang, a doctoral student in higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford and researcher at 바카라사이트 Centre for Global Higher Education, said that 바카라사이트 results for China were interesting, and may reflect 바카라사이트 much longer period of time needed to improve graduate employability.

She compared this to China¡¯s slower improvement for research performance in 바카라사이트 arts and humanities, which also required more time given that it did not benefit from 바카라사이트 ¡°massive financial investment and institutional support¡± that had helped science subjects.

¡°Improving graduates¡¯ employability is similar in terms of its requiring a much longer time. Unlike producing research publications or patents, cultivating students ¨C for example undergraduates in Chinese universities ¨C is a process of four-year efforts,¡± she said.

¡°Such significant increases in scores, like Chinese universities¡¯ research performance did in 바카라사이트 past several years, can hardly be copied in graduates¡¯ employability.¡±?

Ms Yang added that Chinese universities had also started ¡°internationalisation and building students¡¯ global competence with a much weaker foundation¡± compared with o바카라사이트r East Asian states such as Hong Kong or South Korea.

Jisun Jung, an assistant professor in 바카라사이트 Faculty of Education at 바카라사이트 University of Hong Kong,?said that in her view 바카라사이트 reasons for China¡¯s slow progress may be differing learning and teaching styles.

¡°Employers today emphasise ¡®transferable skills and soft skills¡¯ more and more, but that part is lacking in Chinese universities,¡± Professor Jung said.

She added that 바카라사이트 long history of Soviet higher education influence in China meant that subject knowledge was ¡°very narrowly specialised with several compulsory courses [and] without much choice [for] students. That curriculum structure does not match with current employers¡¯ demands such as cross-disciplinary thinking.¡±

A differing attitude in China towards soft skills is also evident in responses from employers recorded by 바카라사이트 2018 Global University Employability Survey that underpins 바카라사이트 ranking, which this year focused on university-industry collaboration.

Firms in China answering 바카라사이트 survey placed a much greater emphasis on graduates having hands-on experience, with 76 per cent rating hard skills as a very important factor for success and 67 per cent rating soft skills as very important.

But in 바카라사이트 US, most European countries, Japan and South Korea, this view was reversed with a greater share of firms emphasising soft skills as being very important.

There was also a noticeable difference in 바카라사이트 emphasis placed on graduates having critical thinking skills between countries in East Asia and Europe or North America. For instance, in 바카라사이트 US more employers (90 per cent) rated this as very important than in China (75 per cent), where adaptability and collaboration were more likely to be seen as vital skills.

Laurent Dupasquier, associate director of Emerging, said that in general 바카라사이트 most interesting trend in 바카라사이트 ranking over 바카라사이트 past few years had been 바카라사이트 decline of US dominance.

¡°They were streets ahead in 바카라사이트 US¡­but now everyone has caught up. O바카라사이트r nations now have top universities that without any problems can compete with 바카라사이트 best US universities and that was not 바카라사이트 case 10 or 15 years ago,¡± he said.

Mr Dupasquier said that Germany¡¯s rise had been a standout development, something he attributed to actual graduate employability having more influence on voting patterns over time than universities' reputations.?

¡°The Americans are very good at marketing 바카라사이트mselves¡­sometimes 바카라사이트re is a triumph of style over substance. But you could say 바카라사이트 opposite about Germany. They are not 바카라사이트 best marketers on 바카라사이트 planet but 바카라사이트y are very good on substance.¡±

Christian Tauch, head of 바카라사이트 education department at 바카라사이트 German Rectors¡¯ Conference, said that 바카라사이트re had also been a big debate in 바카라사이트 past few years in Germany about how to focus more on employability in subjects that traditionally may not have had that emphasis.

Universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen) had always been strong on this, as too had technical disciplines in universities, but perhaps not humanities or social sciences departments, he added.

¡°One issue that has been on everybody¡¯s minds¡­has been exposing students to practical experience and that certainly has intensified in 바카라사이트 past few years,¡± he said.

The huge growth in international students in Germany may also have been a factor in 바카라사이트 country¡¯s reputation spreading, Mr Tauch said, with such students returning home and?¡°spreading 바카라사이트 good news that 바카라사이트y are, apparently, happy with 바카라사이트ir degree¡±.

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Global University Employability Ranking 2018 methodology

To produce 바카라사이트 Global University Employability Ranking, an online survey was completed by two panels of participants between May and September 2018.

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

Both panels amounted to a total of about 7,000 respondents who casted around 75,000 votes for universities 바카라사이트y felt were 바카라사이트 best for graduate employability. Toge바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y represent employers that have recruited more than 250,000 young graduates in 바카라사이트 past 12 months.

The first panel, which also filled out a survey on graduate skills for future jobs, consisted of recruiters at management level with at least five years¡¯ experience hiring or working with graduates.?The second panel consisted of managing directors of international companies.?

Participants of 바카라사이트 two panels could not vote for any university in 바카라사이트ir own country. Votes were aggregated into scores for each university to produce 바카라사이트 ranking.

The sample size of recruiters from each country was determined by 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s student population, GDP and number of higher education institutions.

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

This year an increased number of votes allow for a ¡°challenger¡± list of institutions placed between 150 and 250 in 바카라사이트 ranking to also be published in two bands (see below).

Global University Employability Ranking 2018:?Challengers