Education, skills and youth — in long form.
Reporting, analysis and opinion on education, the graduate jobs market, the skills shortage and the future of work — globally. New pieces every week.
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- Policy7 min
Outcomes-based regulation is going global. Universities aren't ready.
From England's B3 thresholds to Australia's Job-ready Graduates review and accreditation shifts in the US and Canada, regulators are pricing in graduate outcomes. We look at where institutions are quietly underprepared.
Sophie Hartley22 Mar 2025 - Higher education5 min
57% of undergraduates now work in term time. The undergraduate experience is being rewritten.
A generation of students is funding their own degree shift-by-shift. We look at the data, the wellbeing implications, and what universities are doing in response.
Daniel Okafor4 Mar 2025 - Skills & work8 min
The global skills shortage: who's paying the productivity premium.
From hospitality in Berlin to engineering in Houston to cloud talent in Bengaluru, employers are paying over the odds for skills that aren't there. We map the sectors hit hardest — and where the gap is widening fastest.
Priya Anand18 Feb 2025 - Youth & society6 min
Youth unemployment is climbing again. We talked to the people living it.
ILO and OECD figures point to a synchronised rise in 15–24 unemployment across advanced and emerging economies. We talk to four young people navigating it — and to the organisations trying to keep up.
Editorial team2 Feb 2025 - Skills & work4 min
Are AI tools quietly killing the graduate job market?
Entry-level analyst, paralegal and junior dev roles are down 19% year on year. We look at whether AI is the cause, the catalyst, or the convenient excuse.
Daniel Okafor21 Jan 2025 - Research9 min
Elite vs the rest: the graduate outcomes gap is narrower than rankings suggest.
Across the UK, US, Australia and Europe, prestige explains far less of the employment outcome than league tables imply — once you control for subject, region and prior attainment. A look at the latest data.
Amara Singh12 Jan 2025 - Opinion3 min
Opinion: stop asking graduates where they see themselves in five years.
It's a bad question for a bad reason. A short argument for hiring on demonstrated work, not on rehearsed answers to interview clichés.
Sophie Hartley19 Dec 2024 - Policy5 min
Apprenticeship levy reform: what it means for SMEs hiring young talent.
The Growth and Skills Levy promises more flexibility — but the detail matters. We break down the changes employers and institutions need to plan for.
Priya Anand4 Dec 2024