Our submission, The Demand for STEM Graduates and Postgraduates, is available to download from our Knowledge Bank.
The Knowledge Bank is a source for many more papers by CIHE in response to government and other organisations.
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Archive: 2008
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
The Demand for STEM Graduates and Postgraduates
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Universities and the Downturn
Our submission made to Ministers explores how universities can help the economy counter the effects of the downturn.
Universities and the Downturn is available to download from our Knowledge Bank.
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
US and UK Competitiveness and the Role of Universities
Our submission to the Denham debate on US and UK competitiveness and the role of universities, compares the roles of universities in underpinning the international competitiveness of the US and UK economies. It seeks to inform the debate on the future of higher education that the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) launched earlier this year.
US and UK Competitiveness and the Role of Universities is available from our Knowledge Bank.
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Global Horizons and Role of Employers
Global businesses are increasingly seeking graduates who have a global awareness with the initiative to study overseas as part of their learning. Such study helps them be more culturally aware, more able to work in multicultural teams and more able to move around the world as part of their career. But UK graduates are missing out as they are now less likely to study overseas than they used to.
These are some of the messages from a new report launched by Keith Dugdale, Director of Global Recruitment for KPMG and Will Archer, Director i-graduate at our annual conference at the Royal Society on 16 October 2008.
A background paper is available to download.
i-graduate International Alumni Barometer 2008 report
The press release, dated October 2010, is available from our Knowledge Bank.
To purchase a copy of the ‘Global Horizons and the Role of Employers’ report please visit our Knowledge Bank.
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Influence through Collaboration
‘Universities develop questioning minds… they are not just there to respond as suppliers to what businesses say they want.’
The Employer Demand for Higher Level Learning report by CIHE shows that businesses need graduates and staff with higher level skills so they can continue to develop high value-adding products and services and ensure improved management and leadership in business. But their demands for higher level learning are diverse and they often need to address very specific skill shortages.
The following documents are available for download in this section:
Full report: Employer Demand for Higher Learning and Engagement with Higher Education
Summary report: Influence through collaboration: A summary
Supplement: Influence through collaboration: Case study workbook
Press release: “Universities develop questioning minds. They are not in the training business.”Visit our Knowledge Bank for more CIHE reports and studies.
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Developing Entrepreneurial Graduates
The UK faces the same global challenges as those of most developed countries. To respond we need graduates with entrepreneurial and innovative mindsets, behaviours and skills.
This joint report with NESTA and NCGE provides an Implementation Framework for universities to develop more enterprising and entrepreneurial graduates through creating an enabling institutional environment, engaging stakeholders and developing entrepreneurial teaching practices.
The report was launched on 8th September, 2008 at NESTA and NCGE events.
Developing Entrepreneurial Graduates: Putting entrepreneurship at the centre of higher education, is available from our Knowledge Bank.
CIHE is working with NESTA and NCGE and a global panel of experts to develop a specification of requirements for UK universities to adopt campus-wide approaches to entrepreneurship education.
Read more in our special report on Entrepreneurial Graduates
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
American Association of Community Colleges
Colleges play an important role in higher education landscape in the US and UK. Our report with the American Association of Community Colleges, Higher Education and Colleges: A comparison between England and the USA, is available from our Knowledge Bank.
A background paper from Professor Gareth Parry is available to download.
Further Education Colleges and Higher Level Skills and Qualifications
Background papers from the Mixed Economy Group of Colleges and the AACC, are also available to download.
MEG Background paper:
The Response of the Mixed Economy Group of Colleges: an Introduction
AACC Background papers:
MARKETING COMMUNITY COLLEGES: REACHING HARD TO REACH POPULATIONS
Integrating Disadvantaged Students Academically and Socially into the Community College
THE TRANSFER FUNCTION IN AMERICAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES: EVOLVING TO MEET CONSTITUENT NEEDS
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
The UK Job Market
Richard Brown, Chief Executive, CIHE, discusses the UK Job Market on Fox Business
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Leadership in an age of Supercomplexity
This summary from our St George’s House consultation in partnership with SRHE reports on the challenges facing 21st century businesses and universities as they consider management, leadership and corporate governance and opportunities for cross-learning between business, universities and the charity sector.
Leadership in an age of Supercomplexity can be ordered from our Knowledge Bank.
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Graduate Employability
There remains a mismatch between what employers seek and what graduates currently offer. This is the conclusion of a pilot study of nearly 250 employers for the CIHE by i-graduate. The study covers companies employing over 750,000 employees from large, medium and small employers, and notes that employers want graduates to have such capabilities as team-working, communication and presentation skills and personal integrity. In a more interconnected world, they also look for graduates who have had some experience of overseas study or work experience.
Graduate Employability: What do employers think and want? can be ordered in hard copy or downloaded from our Knowledge Bank.
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008