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Employable Graduates for Responsible Employers: Is there enough evidence that employers are looking for ethical graduates – the ones who can help them along the road to greater environmental and social responsibility - and if so how should universities respond?

StudentForce for Sustainability have just helped to answer this key question by completing research for the Higher Education Academy on the links between sustainability and employability in the graduate job market in relation to higher education teaching and learning. The researchers interviewed a wide range of students, graduates, employers, Sector Skills Councils, professional bodies, and careers staff to explore the rise of the ethical graduate jobseeker and recruiter. The research primarily focused on evidence for how the career choices of graduates and the recruitment of employers was being influenced by the sustainable development and CSR agenda of employers. The report identifies the mismatch between the needs of socially and environmentally responsible employers and the education and careers/employment services of universities. It also recommends how universities can change their culture, governance, career advice, teaching styles as well as employer links through work experience, volunteering and low-level research led by students with employers.

The report is available on the HEA website www.heacademy.ac.uk/esd

 

Corby Waste Not: Programme to businesses on Industrial Estates, assessing their needs and arranging training and support in waste minimisation including ISO 14001 and Packaging Regulations.