Graduates face ‘double whammy’
University graduates are suffering a “double hit” of increased tuition fees and a freeze in pay when they find a job, according to a new study out today.
Average graduate salaries are predicted to remain at £25,000 for the second year in a row in 2010, an “unprecedented” development, according to the Association of Graduate Recruiters.
Graduates of 2009 and 2010 will also be the first to pay top-up tuition fees for all three years of their degree, the group noted.
9.Feb.10 | Education and Training
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From benefits to business success
People on benefits are being offered the chance to bring out their entrepreneurial skills on Tyneside. Part of the Newcastle Enterprise Package (NEP), the aim of the six-week programme is to…
27.Jan.10 | Education and Training
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Young people “not Vicky Pollards“
A North East professor has warned against writing off young unemployed people as lazy ‘Vicky Pollards’. Rob MacDonald, professor of sociology at Teesside University, told MPs that jobless young people are…
26.Jan.10 | Education and Training
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BT offers 3000 apprenticeships
Thousands of work placements for young people are to be created by telecoms giant BT. The company has also launched a “major” programme to boost the skills of more than 7,000…
25.Jan.10 | Education and Training
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Games doctor takes on apprentices
A North East company specialising in the repair and servicing of games consoles has almost doubled its workforce with the recruitment of four apprentices. Newcastle-based Console Doctor has seen an icncres…
25.Jan.10 | Education and Training
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Cheating list names NE uni
A North East university has been named by The Sun newspaper as “the worst for cheating” in the UK. The Sun submitted a Freedom of Information request to universities across the…
20.Jan.10 | Education and Training
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Sara is strictly businesslike about dancing
A North East woman with a background in performing arts has set out on a business of her own with backup from a local support agency. When a long-established dance supplies…
14.Jan.10 | Education and Training
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North East businesses make an educated decision
One of the region’s graduates is proving that work experience can involve more than just photocopying and doing the coffee run as the results of her human resources salary survey…
7.Jan.10 | Education and Training
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CIPD calls for work placement subsidy
As the government launches its January Guarantee for 16-17 year-olds, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has warned that the Guarantee package does not go far enough to…
4.Jan.10 | Education and Training
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Apprenticeship success rate reaches record high
A record number of people have successfully completed apprenticeships during the 2008/09 academic year, according to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) 10,000 people in the North East completed…
23.Dec.09 | Education and Training
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Countess of Wessex to open Playhouse
North Tyneside receives a royal visitor today as the Countess of Wessex arrives in the borough for a two-day tour. As part of her visit the Countess will officially open the…
11.Dec.09 | Education and Training
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Process industry staff get skills boost
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Increase in Higher Education application across the region’s colleges
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Awards for North East apprentices
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Large employers called on to be Class
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Firms ‘should take on apprentices for the upturn’
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Unique new apprenticeship scheme creates 40 jobs for young people
Newcastle College is creating 40 jobs with the launch of a new apprenticeship programme.
The Learning and Skills Council Government funded initiative targeted at 16-17 year old school leavers will also represent a cost effective solution for businesses working in the construction industry.
2.Feb.10 | Education and Training
