23 per
cent of employers said they thought 1 is the best GCSE grade that
students can get now, while a further 13 per
cent said they didn't know at all.
2009 saw record numbers
of university leavers and new figures show more than 660,000 people have applied for a university place for the next academic year. This staggering amount is up by 12 per
cent from last year, once again breaking the record for the number
of university applicants. With these figures on the rise, the coalition government have made an extra 10,000 university places to support the hefty amount
of applications, meaning more
students than ever will be graduating with degrees in the coming years. It is becoming even harder for
employers to recruit graduates when they simply can not distinguish who is more qualified for the job â $ «how does one chose between the graduate with the 2:1 History degree from Durham or the 2:1 English Literature graduate from Bristol?