Chris Rea

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Chris Rea

Graduate Careers Expert

Chris has worked at HECSU Prospects for more than 25 years and is currently part of the Jisc Student Services team. His areas of expertise are postgraduate funding, graduate employability, the labour market, degree fraud and social mobility. Chris works with an extensive network of sector and industry bodies including AGCAS, ISE, AMOSSHE, Sixth Form Colleges Association and CDI.

4 pieces

Newest first, since November 2022

  1. · Comment

    Careers services can help students avoid making decisions based on AI fears

    There’s evidence that artificial intelligence is causing students and graduates to switch up career choices. Chris Rea and Kirstin Burke think about automation anxiety and how to move past it

    With Kirstin Burke

  2. · Comment

    How students make application choices

    New data shows how the cost-of-living crisis is influencing study choices, explains Chris Rea, graduate careers expert for Prospects at Jisc

  3. · Analysis

    Student engagement in careers activities is in decline

    What might be behind the downward trend in students engaging with careers services? Chris Rea sets out new research findings and suggests some answers

  4. · Comment

    What would a recession mean for graduate employment?

    A lengthy economic downturn is forecast. Chris Rea looks into what this would mean for students entering the labour market