Happy New Year and welcome to a special edition of GMT. In line with the theme bestowed upon January the present issue seeks to look both backwards and forwards, to celebrate our sectors for what they have so far achieved and to anticipate 2012’s new challenges.
No doubt we are still standing at cross roads with regards to the future of graduate careers guidance and recruitment practices, but what we have now gained is a clearer understanding of the direction we must follow. Whether we work in policy or in practice, in the public or in the private sector, as career and higher education professionals or as graduate employers, we now have a greater insight into the road lying ahead. The challenge still remains, but such a challenge can also bring invigoration. So let us now build on what we have learnt.
We start off with a pivotal GMT feature: This issue’s interview gives us a fascinating insight into David Willetts’ views on the debates about preparation for entry into higher education and the socioeconomic role of the sector. In ‘free to comment’ careers guidance policy expert Professor Tony Watts reflects on the themes raised by the Minister and uncovers what he believes to be conflicting messages between current policy and future practice in information and guidance.
The issue continues with another exclusive: a preview of the research findings of the yet unpublished HECSU report on regional graduate employment. Next, million+ Chief Executive Pam Tatlow continues GMT’s mission group debate with a policy article discussing the importance of modern universities for UK’s economic growth, whilst in ‘The rise of the global graduate’, CFE’s Liz Walkley draws upon the findings of a very recent collaborative report investigating graduate employers’ demand for ‘global competences’ to outline a set of recommendations for the development of ‘global mindsets’.
Finally we asked Aaron Porter to introduce Talent 2030, the new national campaign aiming to support women into the engineering and manufacturing professions.
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