Browsing: Graduates

Nationally, graduation rates have rebounded from their dips during the height of the pandemic. But high school math proficiency is much lower.That mismatch means schools are…

American college graduates are facing the worst entry-level job market since the pandemic, with the underemployment rate reaching 42.5% – its highest level since 2020.Several young…

Pressure is building on the government to reform the student loans system, with politicians and campaigners piling in, and a minister conceding there are “problems” with…

Never go to war with Martin Lewis. The one iron law of politics is that the financial guru who built moneysavingexpert.com has a quasi-godlike status in…

Growing anger over the plight of millions of graduates saddled with ballooning student loan debts is threatening to develop into a fresh crisis for the government,…

In last year’s budget Rachel Reeves froze the salary threshold for plan 2 loan repayments for three years from April 2027 – which means borrowers will…

“It is not right that people who don’t go to university are having to bear all the cost for others to do so,” Rachel Reeves remarked…

Last year, Nature’s careers team spoke to five recent PhD students in North America, Israel and the United Kingdom to understand how disruptions, such as the…

University careers advisers are used to steering fresh-faced students towards the labour market – but they are now increasingly seeing graduates in their 40s and 50s…

A surge in the number of recent graduates signing up to become teachers has helped the government in England meet crucial recruitment targets in subjects including…