The Office for Students (OfS) has launched a funding competition for universities and colleges looking for innovative ways to help students find graduate-level employment close to home. Winning institutions will receive between £100,000 and £300,000 (and up to £500,000 for collaborative bids) to: “Develop and implement innovative projects to test ways of improving transition […]
Higher Education
Overcoming the “Inability-to-Articulate-What-Skills-Are-Actually-Needed” Gap
The world of work and the way we think about work are currently undergoing seismic shifts. Whilst much of the focus on this tends to be on the issue of automation, and what that might mean for both employers and employees, there is something that is perhaps even more fundamental. We’re talking about skills. […]
Introducing Course Vision — A New Online Tool to Help You Align Your Courses to Skills Demand
In our recent series — Three Steps to a More Relevant Curriculum — we demonstrated how Labour Market Insight (LMI) can be used by education providers to rise to the challenge of developing course provision that is both better aligned to the skills needs of employers, and which is likely to produce better employment outcomes […]
Three Steps to a More Relevant Curriculum: Step 3 — Identify Skills and Build a Business Case
This is the final part in this series (you can see Steps 1 and 2 here and here). In recent years, there has been a noticeable shift in the way employers view potential employees, with skills components, rather than simply qualifications or job titles, taking on a far more prominent place in hiring considerations. This […]
Wanted: Dynamic Sales Professional With a Passion for Higher Education!
We are now working with a number of clients in the Higher Education sector throughout the country, where our insight is helping in areas such as portfolio planning, engaging with industry, degree apprenticeships, and student engagement. But we feel that we’ve only just scratched the surface so far. This is why we are looking […]
Degree Apprenticeships: How Can You Identify the Best Opportunities in Your Region?
The number of apprenticeship standards approved for delivery at education level 4 and above has grown significantly over the past few years, with the total now reaching 94. For any university thinking of beginning a Degree Apprenticeship programme, or perhaps expanding its offer, there is clearly no lack of potential opportunities out there to […]
Which Jobs and Skills Are Employers in Our Region Struggling to Fill? Our New Job Postings Feature Can Help You Answer This.
Last year we introduced Job Postings Analytics (JPA) into our online data tool, Analyst, in order to give even more up-to-date insight on top of our existing Labour Market Insight (LMI). For our customers, this has given them the ability not only to delve into our structural data to better understand long-term demand and […]
Case Study: The University of Wolverhampton — Setting a Benchmark for Regionally Focused Higher Education
In 2016, Wolverhampton University set out an ambitious vision for the next five years. With an overarching mission of “Maximising opportunity through generating knowledge, innovation and enterprise”, the institution set out a strategic plan based on the following three pillars: ● Students First ● Skills and Knowledge for Economic and Social Transformation ● Significant Influence […]
“One of the Top Universities in the UK for Directing Students to Potential Careers”
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has recently clamped down on a number of universities for making misleading claims in their marketing. According to the BBC, six universities have been told that they must remover their statements, and the ASA has said that it will shortly be issuing guidance to the higher education sector on […]
Using Your Website to Chart a Clear Pathway to Successful Career Destinations
Below is an article which first appeared in University Business magazine. Why do people go to university? Is it to get a degree in an area of study that interests them? Is it for the student experience? These reasons no doubt play a part in the decision-making process for most people, but ultimately there is […]
