How does a university define the geography of its local economy? Is it the immediate geographic area where the institution has a physical presence? Is it where its students are primarily drawn from? Is it the main locations its students go on to be employed in? Is it linked to the industry and research […]
Higher Education
The University of Sydney: How a World Renowned University is Using Data to Further Improve its Graduate Employability
Founded in 1850, the University of Sydney (UoS) is the oldest university in Australia, and is also amongst the most prestigious Higher Education institutions in the world, consistently making it into the Top 50 best universities according to the QS World University Rankings (it is currently rated 42nd). With 34,000 undergraduate and 25,000 postgraduate […]
How Can Your Existing Institutional Data Take Your Delivery to the Next Level?
In the fourth in our series of conference snapshots, Jeff Merriman, CTO and Co-Founder of DXtera Institute talks about how both universities and colleges can harness the power of operational data, by firstly extracting it from their current systems, then analysing it to answer key questions on learning outcomes, competencies and skills (DXtera, like […]
Digital Credentials: Rethinking the Currency of Qualifications
In the third of a series of short videos from our recent conference, City & Guilds’ Kirstie Donnelly MBE talks about how the fast pace of change in the nature of work, and the type of skills being demanded, must be reflected in how we think about learning and particularly qualifications. She argues for a […]
Three Steps to Engaging Students on Their Education-to-Employment Journey
One of the biggest shifts in Higher Education in recent years has been the challenge universities are facing to improve the employment outcomes of their graduates. For example, the Teaching Excellence Framework includes as one of its key criteria, “Evidence of longer-term employment outcomes and progression of graduates including into highly skilled employment.” The Office […]
Emsi National Conference: Keynote 3 – Delivering Tomorrow’s Workforce
In my previous two articles building up to our national conference this week, I looked at how our first two keynote speakers will be setting out for us how Tomorrow’s Workforce is likely to be defined and developed. Firstly, Elena Magrini from Centre for Cities will be helping us better understand how the labour market and […]
Case Study: How Labour Market Insight is Playing a Part in Helping the Quality Assurance Agency for HE Achieve Its Vision
As the organisation with responsibility for monitoring and advising on standards and quality in UK Higher Education and Access to HE Diplomas, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) has a vision of seeing a system of “world leading and independently assured higher education”. In 2017, it set out its strategy for achieving […]
Promoting Your University as the Gateway to a Positive Career Pathway
This article first appeared in the January issue of University Business magazine. The issue of good employment outcomes has unquestionably grown in the minds of students in recent years. According to YouthSight’s Higher Expectations study, for instance, the numbers of students citing future employability as being very important in their university choice has grown from […]
What Does Our STEM Report Mean for the Further Education, Higher Education and Economic Development Sectors?
Hopefully you will by now have seen our recent report — Focus on the Demand for STEM Jobs and Skills in Britain — but if not, you can download a copy for free by clicking on the front cover image below. In addition to the report, we also ran a webinar summarising the main findings, […]
New Career Coach: A Tool to Help You Guide Young People Along the Careers Journey
“What do you want to do when you grow up?” This is a question that most young people probably get asked at some point, and very often the answer will be something connected with what they like doing, or something they’re good at, or perhaps something wonderfully ambitious but hopelessly unrealistic. For any young person […]
