This document discusses graduate employability and outlines several national issues related to employment prospects for graduates. It notes high youth unemployment rates in the UK and references government plans to provide more information to students on employment outcomes. The document also mentions a report calling for improved access to professions and evidence provided by Leicester University on the need for employers to consider graduates from a broader range of institutions, especially those successful in social inclusion.

1. Graduate employability
Stuart Johnson
Acting Head of Careers Service
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2. Overview
1. National issues
2. Our data
3. Our response
4. Over to you…
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3. 1. National issues
Labour market
“The jobless total for 16
to 24-year-olds hit a
record high of 991,000 in
the quarter, a jobless rate
of 21.3%”1
1 www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15271800
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4. 1. National issues
White paper
“We will radically improve and
expand the information available to
prospective students, making
available much more information
about individual courses […] and
graduate employment prospects [...]
including on employment and
earnings outcomes...”
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5. 1. National issues
Key Information Set
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6. 1. National issues
Fair access to the professions
The Milburn Report
Original report calls for “urgent
action to break closed shop mentality
which still characterises the
professions in Britain”
Leicester has supplied evidence and
called on employers to engage with a
broader range of
institutions, especially those enjoying
success in terms of social inclusion
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