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Jaguar joins bid to increase graduate numbers in engineering
Leading car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has supported an initiative to boost the proportion of graduates with skills in electronics engineering. read more...
Lecture time decreases while fees increase
A new poll of 9,000 students has found that even though university fees have inched up over the last six years, this hasn’t been matched by an increase in student timetables. read more...
Several businesses plan to hire more graduates in 2012
Students in their last year of university will welcome the news that 53% of employers are planning to employ at least 10 graduates in 2012. read more...
Italian university set to offer courses in English
Politecnico di Milano, one of Italy’s leading universities, has announced that from 2014 the majority of its degree courses will be delivered in English rather than Italian. read more...
How to get a graduate job in PR
Public Relations (PR) is an extremely competitive field and the industry has grown by 12.3% from 2007-2012, and currently employs 61,600 people; a figure that has increased by 13,000 since 2005. read more...
Prominent education figure speaks out against ‘back door route’ into university
The former head of the Department for Education has spoken out against preferential admission rules for working class students, arguing that the scheme is “patronising” for those concerned. read more...
Plans to create a ‘super university’ in Wales set to move forward
Welsh Education Minister Leighton Andrews has suggested that plans to merge the University of Wales Newport, Glamorgan University and Cardiff Metropolitan University to create a ‘super university’ are set to go ahead. read more...
Ocado bemoan lack of UK IT graduates as they look overseas
Leading online supermarket Ocado has argued that a shortage of graduate IT talent in the UK has forced them to recruit candidates from Poland. read more...
Aspiring lawyer wins a lifetime’s worth of free tuition
While some undergraduates starting in the new academic year may have sleepless nights over mounting student debt, Chris Nation can rest safe in the knowledge that he can attend university without paying a single penny. read more...
Graduate interns promote Highland’s employment scheme
Two graduates, who have secured a work experience placement thanks to the ‘Adopt an Intern’ scheme in the Highlands, are now set to promote the initiative to other graduates. read more...