Qualified sucess

Article Abstract:

United Kingdom universities are taking an increasing proportion of young people. There is concern that drop-out levels have risen to 19% in 1997, compared with 15% in 1987, but the percentage of school leavers attending university has increased by over 100% since then. Graduates earn more and have lower unemployment rates than non-graduates, but employers would prefer more numeracy from arts graduates and better business understanding from science graduates. Universities are seeking to make students more employable, and students are likely to be concerned with employability due to the introduction of fees.

Students, Employment, Student employment

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Living with risk: London School of Economics

Article Abstract:

Likely incoming director Anthony Giddens, a Cambridge sociologist, faces a tangle of financial and cultural problems at the prestigious institute. Its annual deficit of 2.5 million pounds is growing due to reduced government support. And Giddens's faculty is resisting tuition and work rule reforms.

Finance, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Biography, University of London. London School of Economics and Political Science, Giddens, Anthony

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A sorry state

Article Abstract:

British universities have been hit by government policies geared to the short term and undermining work satisfaction, and this has hit Economics among other disciplines.

Economic aspects, Economics, Social policy

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