employers as customers of higher education for growth through people moira mckerracher – deputy...
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Employers as customers of Higher Education for growth through peopleMoira McKerracher – Deputy Director UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Contents
About UKCES The Employer Perspective What employers want –
employability of new recruits
What employers want – when training their staff
When it works well – Forging Futures
How to achieve Growth through People
UKCES
What do employers want?Employability of Higher Education leavers: the headlines 31% of all employers in England have recruited any education
leavers in the last 2-3 years 14% of all employers in England have recruited HE leavers 81% of employers who recruited HE leavers found them well
prepared for work This compares to 71% for FE leavers, 60% for school leavers
(aged 17-18) and 53% for school leavers (aged 16)
15% of employers who recruited a HE leaver found them to be poorly prepared or very poorly prepared for work
This compares to 25% for FE leavers, 36% for school leavers (aged 17-18) and 42% for school leavers (aged 16)
Of those employers who recruited a HE leaver 10% found them lacking working world or life experience
Forging Futures
Looks at why universities and employers collaborate to develop alternative pathways to higher level skills in a range of contexts
Practically considers how successful examples of collaboration can be set up, delivered and sustained
Promotes the need for increased collaboration of this kind
Showcases 12 case studies in six industrial sectors across the UK
Growth through people – five priorities
Employers should lead on skills and government should enable them
Workplace productivity should be recognised as the key route to increasing pay and prosperity
Education and employers should be better connected to prepare people for work
Success should be measured by a wider set of outcomes, not just educational attainment
‘Earning and learning’ should be the gold standard in vocational education