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  • Archive: 2008

    • Thursday, 11 December, 2008

      The Demand for STEM Graduates and Postgraduates

      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.

      • Tuesday, 11 November, 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.

        • Saturday, 11 October, 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) [...]

          • Saturday, 11 October, 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 [...]

            • Thursday, 11 September, 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 [...]

              • Thursday, 11 September, 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 [...]

                • Wednesday, 11 June, 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 [...]

                  • Friday, 11 April, 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.

                    • Monday, 11 February, 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 [...]

                      • Friday, 11 January, 2008

                        DIUS Science and Innovation Strategy

                        The CIHE submission to DIUS on the development of their science and innovation strategy highlights a number of cross-cutting themes the CIHE has been working on recently, including public procurement, ensuring graduates have appropriate skills, upskilling the capabilities of small firms, attracting overseas talent to UK universities, and building clusters of research excellence. The submission, [...]

                        • Friday, 11 January, 2008

                          CIHE’s New-look Newsletter

                          Our new-look newsletter is now available for download. All our newsletters are available to download from our Knowledge Bank.