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What counts as a graduate outcome when the labour market is changing?
Angel Tan, Carl Senior and Gemma Heath argue that judging universities on graduates’ first destinations misses what higher education does to prepare students for a working life of change
Angel Tan|16/10/26
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Are there really more graduate NEETs than A-level NEETs
Jim Dickinson|15/10/26
A slightly better outlook for graduate jobs
David Kernohan|14/10/26
AI marking could cost universities their get out of jail free card
Jim Dickinson|13/10/26
Students are being nudged into housing they can’t afford that may also be unsafe
Jim Dickinson|12/10/26
The Sunday Times has counted postgrads as rich kids turning down maintenance loans
Jim Dickinson|10/10/26
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