AGR Latest Content AGR http://www.agr.org.uk/Syndication/RssFeedsBurn.aspx?type=news en-gb Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:21 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ 15 Master's degrees - do employers value them? More people are studying master's degrees to stand out in a tough job market - but is this the best way? Join Carl Gilleard, AGR's Chief Executive and other experts for a live Q&A session at 1pm today. http://www.agr.org.uk/Content/Masters-degrees-do-employers-value-them news 1103 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:21 GMT Cambridge University warns against A-levels reform plan Scrapping AS-levels would result in university admitting fewer state school students, says head of admissions http://www.agr.org.uk/Content/Cambridge-University-warns-against-A-levels-reform-plan news 1100 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:21 GMT David Willetts: 'Club Med' university experience is over Eighteen-year-olds will no longer automatically submit 'Club Med'-style applications to university as soon as they leave school, David Willetts, the Universities Minister, has said http://www.agr.org.uk/Content/David-Willetts-Club-Med-university-experience-is-over news 1098 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:21 GMT VINCE CABLE - HIGHER EDUCATION SPEECH Transcript of Vince Cable's Speech on the 15 July 2010 http://www.agr.org.uk/Content/VINCE-CABLE-HIGHER-EDUCATION-SPEECH- news 1082 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:21 GMT Association of Graduate Recruiters responds to this morning's speech by Vince Cable on higher education Carl Gilleard, Chief Executive of the Association of Graduate Recruiters, responds to a speech given by Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable on higher education at South Bank University this morning. Dr Cable proposed a graduate tax as an alternative to a rise in university tuition fees and described the Labour government's target of getting 50% of under-30s into higher education as "artificial" http://www.agr.org.uk/Content/Association-of-Graduate-Recruiters-responds-to-this-mornings-speech-by-Vince-Cable-on-higher-education- news 1080 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:21 GMT AGR 2010 Award Winners Announced The winners of the 2010 Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) Awards were announced yesterday (Monday 5 July) at the organisation's annual conference at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales. http://www.agr.org.uk/Content/AGR-2010-Award-Winners-Announced news 1075 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:21 GMT Class of 2010 Faces Uphill Struggle for Jobs First confirmed recruitment figures for the year show further cuts to graduate vacancies http://www.agr.org.uk/Content/Class-of-2010-Faces-Uphill-Struggle-for-Jobs news 1073 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:21 GMT Online degrees: A model worth emulating or a plan that risks creating a two-tier system? David Willetts wants more people to take degrees by distance learning at further education colleges. Lucy Hodges looks at what it could involve http://www.agr.org.uk/Content/Online-degrees-A-model-worth-emulating-or-a-plan-that-risks-creating-a-two-tier-system news 1072 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:21 GMT A new breed of workers, who want a job for life, pose fresh challenges for employers UK businesses need to adapt to cope with a new breed of 'static' worker as the economic downturn creates a new generation of 'company lifers', according to Donna Miller, HR director, Enterprise Rent-A-Car. http://www.agr.org.uk/Content/A-new-breed-of-workers-who-want-a-job-for-life-pose-fresh-challenges-for-employers news 1071 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:21 GMT Universities UK warns of 'double blow' to higher education in response to the Budget Responding to today's emergency Budget, Universities UK President Professor Steve Smith urged the government not to deal a 'double blow' to universities' capacity to contribute to economic recovery. http://www.agr.org.uk/Content/Universities-UK-warns-of-double-blow-to-higher-education-in-response-to-the-Budget- news 1070 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:56:21 GMT