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Students still on course for tough times »

Almost half of graduates from universities across the country have failed to gain permanent employment in the UK six months on from completing their course, a new survey has revealed.  Only 53 per cent of students who qualified from Scottish high...

Tue 04 Oct 2011 by Karen Thomson | Read more »

Many graduates outside full-time employment »

A recent survey has revealed that nearly 28 per cent of university graduates who completed their course in 2007 are yet to find full-time employment. The figures, compiled by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and based on a sample of 49,06...

Wed 14 Sep 2011 by David Brown | Read more »

Unemployment high despite rise in graduate vacancies »

Graduate unemployment has hit a record high despite an increased number of graduate jobs becoming available. The number of unemployed university graduates is at its highest since 1995 with an increase from 10.6 per cent to 20 per cent in graduates age...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 by Kathryn Richardson | Read more »

Unpaid, Unfair »

I graduated with a 2:1 in History in 2008. It took me over a year after graduating to find my first paid job: temp work with a charity in London. In between I applied for dozens of jobs, spent weeks on work experience placements and cut my teeth in the...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 by Alex Try | Read more »

Are you being short-changed? »

Scottish colleges and universities, like their counterparts in other western countries, are doing a poor job of preparing graduates for today’s workplace. The biggest weakness in the post-secondary education sector in all countries is the ...

Wed 21 Apr 2010 by Ron McGowan | Read more »

Unemployment figures hit record high »

  Predictions that unemployment rates would fall in the New Year have been proven premature this week, as figures show that record numbers claimed unemployment benefits in January 2010. Unemployment figures began to fall after the economy emerge...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Jessica Abrahams | Read more »

Former Lehman Brothers graduate trainees snapped up by Nomura »

A global investment bank has rehired around 60 per cent of graduate trainees let go by Lehman Brothers following the bank's collapse in September last year, with claims that they used a social networking site to contact the individuals. A front-page a...

Wed 30 Sep 2009 by Alice Stanes | Read more »

Opposition parties blast SNP for 'dumping' students »

Opposition parties have accused the SNP of failing students as the new academic year begins with record high graduate unemployment rates. Shadow education secretary Rhona Brankin lashed out at the SNP for not mentioning education in the presentation o...

Sun 13 Sep 2009 by Constantine Innemée | Read more »

New Edinburgh pub opens front against credit crunch »

Despite the current economic climate affecting businesses across the country, Amy Williamson and Grant McNeil weren't going to be deterred from pursuing their dream – and so The Greenmantle opened on Thursday 2 April. It has been booming ever sin...

Mon 27 Apr 2009 | Read more »