It’s a degree, not a ticket to a job | Kehinde Andrews
by Kehinde Andrews from Economics | The Guardian on (#HYGS)
A report laments the number of graduates in 'non-graduate' jobs. But it's reductive to think education should be about employment rather than ideas
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has released a report showing that almost 60% of graduates are in "non-graduate" jobs. This, it argues, should be seen as a wake-up call about the role of the university degree and the "waste" of talent the "conveyor belt of graduates" represents.
The report, however, misses the point about the system of schooling we have in Britain, and what education should be for.
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It is the range of transferable skills that make graduates attractive to employers
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