Will this year’s university cohort be able to get a job? Opinion At a time when many university students are revising for their final exams, data from the Office for National Statistics highlights a sharp slowdown in entry-level hiring, leaving this year’s cohort facing growing uncertainty about what awaits them after graduation, says Rod Flavell With just three months to go before exams and the transition into [...]
2026 could be crisis year for UK’s graduate workforce Opinion This year could become a graduate abyss for the UK job market if AI skill shortages are not tackled, writes Rod Flavell.
DEBATE: Are the life chances of the Covid-19 generation damaged beyond repair? Are the life chances of the Covid-19 generation damaged beyond repair? Emma Revell, head of communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs, says YES. Young people have had a rough pandemic. Months of education gone, exam grades tainted by confusion and uncertainty even after the U-turn, the future burden of spiralling public debt against a [...]
DEBATE: Is it time to get back to the office? July 3, 2020 Is it time to get back to the office? Rod Flavell, chief executive of FDM Group, says YES. The lockdown measures were a necessary step in tackling the virus, but it’s time to get our economy moving again. Millions of workers have now been at home for several months, and while web conferencing has served [...]
