Graduate careers

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UK students launch Barclays ‘career boycott’ over bank’s climate policies
Campaign at leading universities such as Oxbridge and UCL warns lender it will miss out on top talent if it finances fossil fuels

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

27, Dec, 2023 @7:55 AM

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Earnings for millennials in the US will make their UK counterparts jealous | Torsten Bell
Graduate salaries have fallen 16% since 2007 in Britain, but across the Atlantic youth-friendly policies are paying off, new research finds

Torsten Bell

19, Nov, 2023 @8:00 AM

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Bolton graduates miss out on top jobs because of prejudice, says vice-chancellor
George Holmes says employers favour applicants from better-known institutions, as he plans to change university’s name

Richard Adams Education editor

17, Oct, 2023 @10:15 AM

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Engineering firms lose out to fintech and IT in recruitment war
Work is needed to counter the ‘oily’ image of jobs for engineers, and stop the digital sector from luring the best graduates

Phillip Inman

02, Sep, 2023 @3:00 PM

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UK graduates: share your experience of applying for jobs after university
We would like to hear how recent graduates and those starting their careers are finding the search for employment

Guardian community team

08, Aug, 2023 @3:17 PM

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‘The future is bleak’: how AI concerns are shaping graduate career choices
From illustration to translation, young people worry that they will have to choose their paths carefully

Clea Skopeliti

27, Jun, 2023 @3:54 PM

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Santander UK drops 2:1 requirement for graduate scheme
Bank says changing minimum qualification rules opens scheme to 64,000 more candidates each year

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

03, Jan, 2023 @3:59 PM

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UK ministers to scrap target of cutting 91,000 civil service jobs
Graduate fast-stream recruitment to resume but jobs target could be replaced by budget cuts

Rowena Mason, Heather Stewart and Aubrey Allegretti

31, Oct, 2022 @6:09 PM

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‘I feel I’m moving backwards’: new UK graduates hit by cost of living crisis
Job insecurity, soaring prices and rising rents mean ‘the class of 2022’ faces difficult decisions

Kimi Chaddah

06, Aug, 2022 @9:00 AM

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Boris Johnson likens civil service job cuts to families reducing cost of living
PM justifies plans to scrap 91,000 jobs in letter to civil servants but promises support

Aubrey Allegretti and Tobi Thomas

31, May, 2022 @3:06 PM

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Degree grade matters more than university reputation, report finds
Graduates with good degree from less prestigious university earn more than those with lower-class degree from selective institution

Richard Adams Education editor

19, Apr, 2022 @11:01 PM

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UK graduate jobs outnumbered graduates by 1m in 2020, study shows
Universities UK report says 15m graduates working in a labour market that offers 16m graduate-level roles

Richard Adams Education editor

11, Apr, 2022 @5:00 AM

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