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TopicEmployment, careers & outcomes

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What happens when SU officer poachers become university gamekeepers?

Nick Smith|SU blog|11/01/24

What exactly is “graduate employability” anyway (and what gets graduates employed?)

11/12/23

What is Belong telling us about career confidence, belonging and student opportunities?

09/11/23

Student casuals are to get a right to request predictable hours: Here’s what SUs need to know

21/09/23

Widening participation won’t happen by magic

Tom Wellesley|SU blog|19/09/23

Students need more financial support on work placements

11/08/23

Are SUs and careers services a match made in heaven?

Tyler Austin|SU blog|05/07/23

Could UK SUs help students “create tomorrow”?

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|04/05/23

The TEF has helped us redefine student partnership

Jade Underwood|SU blog|21/04/23

What sort of conditions do students face at work – and what can universities and SU do about it?

29/03/23

Timetabling is stopping students from getting a job

24/03/23

Why do students get involved in stuff?

09/03/23

Does paid work boost students’ confidence?

16/02/23

Campaigning for careers to go fossil free

Fergus Green|SU blog|29/09/22

Students and part time work: here’s what SUs need to know

22/09/22

How England plans to cut back ‘low value’ degrees so it can reap more student loan repayments

22/08/22

What is “authentic” assessment – and is it only good for the world of work?

13/05/22

Working, studying and “first in family” students

31/03/22

Do extra-curricular activities help with employability? Some do

07/03/22

Understanding “graduate attributes”

02/03/22

Do extra-curricular activities improve grades, completion rates and graduate job prospects?

01/03/22

A great deal for students (and student staff) on campus

Phoebe Bastiani|SU blog|03/02/22

This is what SUs (in England) need to know about IfS’ new social mobility stats

24/11/21

An open letter to the new Director for Fair Access and Participation

Jaudat Alogba|SU blog|24/11/21

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