The economic climate will negatively impact students in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 through reduced public spending. Some graduates will struggle to find employment. To address this, the university is promoting additional post-graduate study to allow students to delay entering the job market and gain skills that improve employability. A new entrepreneurship program aims to enhance skills while reduced fees and bursaries will help students afford further education to prepare better for future career opportunities.

1. How will the change in economic climate affect us? reduced public expenditure will hit us in ’09/10 and ’10/11 some students will struggle to get graduate employment what we need to do, and what we are doing, is promote post-graduate study, enabling people to defer entry into the labour market and to gain a further post-graduate qualification which makes them more employable new post-graduate programme in entrepreneurship, enterprise and employability will enhance student skills Note reduced fees and bursary It’s about deferral, about greater skills, and making sure the student is better prepared for the employment market in years to come