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University support for enterprise in local schools and communities has significantly decreased in the past six years, study shows

Leadership barriers facing graduates suggest need for change, including in university curricula

Trudeau¡¯s spending splurge seen as an attempt to curry favour with voters ahead of federal election

In a rapidly changing world, is a broader approach to the university curriculum needed to develop the critical thinking and creativity increasingly sought after by employers, Anna McKie asks

Strides have been taken since the destruction wrought by the US-led invasion, but funding and standards remain unacceptably low, says Mohamed Al-Rubeai

Law students will undertake work experience at campus-based firm in each year of their degree

The credentialism that the late Ron Dore analysed in his seminal 1976 book has gone global, say Keith Lewin, Angela Little and Alison Wolf

Evidence from Canada highlights the scale of the challenge in preparing 21st-century workers and citizens, say Ross Finnie, Arthur Sweetman and Richard Mueller 

Narratives of decline fail to take account of the recent revival of the liberal arts in India, says Saikat Majumdar

Rising default rates on education loans could signal trouble ahead, says Pushkar

Vice-chancellors turn on businesses for not doing enough to educate and retrain their workforce

The Pacific nation¡¯s ambitions to harness its universities to drive economic growth face many challenges, says Roger Smyth

It is inexcusable that some people graduate from UK universities without a basic command of mathematics or grammar, says John Warren

Respondents to Social Mobility Commission poll feel on-the-job training offers better prospects than ÖйúAƬ

Annual NSSE survey of 400,000 US students finds gap between high confidence in job preparation and weaker assessment of skills

Analysis of wage premiums from tertiary education suggests that the system struggles to deliver the changing skills that the economy demands, says Stephen Parker

Analysis of ranking since 2011 suggests China is not making same ground as in research-based rankings, while Germany and South Korea have leapt forward

Post-study work rights are not just about luring international enrolments, conference hears

¡®If we don¡¯t get this right, we are in trouble,¡¯ says university of applied learning chief

Making innovation zones work goes beyond financial support and facilities, summit hears

For most young Australians, a bachelor¡¯s degree remains a wise investment, says Andrew Norton

UK should focus more on improving ¡®skills value¡¯ of degrees rather than subsidising loans, suggests director of education and skills

Preview data from upcoming Global University Employability Ranking show view is reversed for some European nations

Billed as a remedy for career uncertainty, micro-credentials may play into bosses¡¯ hands, critics warn

Organising community projects is a way for academics to hone the skills desirable to future employers, says Alice Eden

Following individuals¡¯ paths in and out of different institutions shows that most students eventually graduate, say Ross Finnie, Richard E. Mueller and Arthur Sweetman

Elite Japanese universities are renowned for their strength in research, but does their reputation also reflect quality in teaching? Times ÖйúAƬ¡¯s student-focused Japan University Rankings and student experience survey offer some fascinating insights

Universities must become more accessible and engaged if they are to thrive in the technological future, says Feridun Hamdullahpur

Benefits appear to come from exposure to campus life rather than quality teaching, Australian researchers find

Having well-resourced and world-leading university research is crucial if the UK is to succeed as a knowledge economy, says Michael Drew

Universities need to confront, rather than ignore, uncomfortable questions about the worth of ÖйúAƬ to be in with a fighting chance

Economist Bryan Caplan considers tangible benefits, inconvenient truths and wonders whether Latin and poetry are worth the effort when ¡®Kardashian¡¯ trumps ¡®Shakespeare¡¯ in Google search results

Extraordinary demand for a conference on how universities support staff with invisible disabilities highlights how ableism remains widespread in academia, argue Jennifer Leigh and Nicole Brown

Employers and workers want higher-level skills but apprenticeship infrastructure is still built around further education, says Adrian Anderson

Teaching would improve if all scholars were required to undertake regular secondments in industry, says Cecilia Chan

Despite fears that a new generation of graduates will find themselves serving coffee, Germany¡¯s university leavers have fitted successfully into the economy, analysis finds

The concept of the graduate career is breaking down as university leavers spread across the employment spectrum, says Gerbrand Tholen

Five historians reflect on the disciplinary, institutional, social and political challenges facing their subject

But sophisticated New Zealand analysis also belies assumption that highly educated international students are most likely to find local employment, says Roger Smyth

Better policy would result from improved global scrutiny of student migration, says Rajika Bhandari

Figures from 2017 Employer Satisfaction Survey raise concerns about the value of some degrees

How can more degrees be the solution to urban deprivation when poor areas offer no graduate careers? asks Robert Hesketh

More data collection and research will support the future development of apprenticeships, writes Stephanie Wilde

The entrepreneur and philanthropist on not going to university, student start-up mistakes and Brexit

Contrary to the cultural meme, Canadian graduates in all subjects earn far more, on average, than coffee shop workers, say Ross Finnie, Richard Mueller and Arthur Sweetman

In our rapidly changing world focused on science and progress, the liberal arts are sometimes considered irrelevant; but they offer unique insight into who we are and where we are going

Colin Bailey on a gamble to attend university that nearly backfired, and the institution that is academia¡¯s ¡®best-kept secret¡¯

Canada and Finland also score highly in research assessing the effectiveness of education systems in 35 economies

The conservatism of Spain¡¯s universities and employers is damaging the nation¡¯s future, says Samuel Mart¨ªn-Barbero 

With the Hungarian government clamping down on universities and championing labourers over philosophers, David Matthews meets those living with the consequences

In the last two decades the number of mainland students going abroad to study has increased more than twentyfold, but what does this mean for employment, asks Ka Ho Mok

It has long been claimed that critical thinking ability sets graduates apart. But are universities really preparing students for the modern workplace? David Matthews reports

How can ÖйúAƬ prepare students for jobs that do not even exist yet? asks Christina Slade

Publication of data showing long-term graduate earnings by discipline has huge potential to improve ÖйúAƬ, says Jack Britton

Universities should develop an ¡®elevator pitch¡¯ to promote their graduates, says Simon Ofield-Kerr

Terry Dray explains what other institutions can learn from Liverpool John Moores University¡¯s recent review of career development services

All-Ireland student visa needed to cope with Brexit fallout, says v-c

Analysis finds new bachelor¡¯s graduates do well in labour market, particularly those from more practically focused universities

Encouraging students to view themselves as professionals, and exposing them to entrepreneurship, are among the tools being used to improve graduate employment