Sentences with phrase «numbers of university leavers»

Despite high numbers of university leavers, employers struggle to fill graduate roles.

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?

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Student numbers have also swelled, with more than 35 % of school leavers entering university today compared to fewer than 10 % 3 decades ago.

According to the agency, the number of Japanese in their twenties with an interest in science has been declining in recent years, and the proportion of school leavers applying to study science and engineering at university has been falling since the late 1980s.

University (via sixth form) has continued to be the most popular choice for school leavers at 16, with almost 500,000 university places awarded in 2015, but the introduction of top up fees has also triggered an increase in the number of apprenticeship appUniversity (via sixth form) has continued to be the most popular choice for school leavers at 16, with almost 500,000 university places awarded in 2015, but the introduction of top up fees has also triggered an increase in the number of apprenticeship appuniversity places awarded in 2015, but the introduction of top up fees has also triggered an increase in the number of apprenticeship applications.

With just under half of the grads surveyed deciding not to apply for a graduate scheme, and 37 % not knowing they were an option, it might be that some university leavers» number one choices are based only on what they know — not what's really out there.

According to government figures, the UK has seen the number of school leavers entering higher education dramatically rise from 19 % in 1989 to 47 % now, the biggest expansion of a university industry anywhere in Europe.

According to latest figures, the graduate job market has recovered to its pre-recession peak, with a 12 % rise in the number of jobs for university leavers.