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Why
employ a graduate to grow a business?
A
large amount of research based on empirical studies has been carried out
by Universities and Government Departments on the value and benefits of
employing graduates in small and medium sized companies.
The following research
papers outline the value of the Graduate to the regional economy.
- Graduate retention
and the regional economy. This paper presents the results of two
parallel investigations of factors affecting graduate employment in
small and medium-sized enterprises in the North East of England. A questionnaire
survey indicates that although many graduates expect to leave the North
East in search of jobs they would prefer to stay given the opportunity.
Interviews with owner managers of SMEs highlight the factors which mitigate
against employing a graduate. The implications of the findings for Higher
Education and industry at a national level are discussed ... David Johnson,
Lauré Pere-Vergé and Richard Hanage.
- Employing Graduates
for Growth. This paper stems from a belief by the authors that SMEs
could make much more use of the large pool of unemployed and under-employed
graduates. Our work, and our observations of other institutions, has
convinced us that graduates make a major contributing to the success
of the small number of SMEs that take them on. We believe that the UK
economy would benefit greatly if more SMEs could be persuaded to make
use of this under-utilised resource ... Richard Hanage, David Johnson
and David Mullen. University of Durham Business School, 1995.
- Graduates in
smaller businesses - Which ones will make good? This paper reports
on a qualitative analysis of the success of the Graduate Associate Programme
and investigation into the factors about the businesses and graduates
that can be used to predict successful outcomes ... Richard Hanage University
of Durham Business School 1993.
- Teaching entrepreneurship:
Creating and implementing a naturalistic model. A springboard for
debate regarding the key issues involved in creating and implementing
a naturalistic model to underpin graduate learning about self employment
…Christina Hartshorn and Wendy Parvin, Foundation for SME development
1999. Download the Word document by clicking above.
- Enterprise: unlocking the UK’s talent (Berr Report)
This strategy sets out the Government’s renewed enterprise vision to make the UK the most enterprising economy in the world and the best place to start and grow a business. The Government wants to see more people with the ambition to start, grow and innovate within business; having access to suitable business advice and finance and enabled by a strong regulatory environment.
- A new ‘University Challenge’ (Denholm Report)
Higher education is critically important to the future of this country. It can unlock the talents of our people, provide the research and scholarship our economy and society needs, and play a critical role in maintaining a competitive and innovative economy.
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Other
Resources
The following websites contain s a number of resources that graduates might find interesting.
If you would like any resources added to this page, please contact Chris Harper
tNCGE Research Reports
The report provides an overview of who is doing what within the arena of graduate enterprise. By providing details of opportunities available to students and recent graduates, this report evidences the groundswell of activity across the UK following the Dearing Report (1997).
The Higher Education Academy
There are many ways of thinking about ‘employable' graduates and there are diverse views about the ways in which employability can be enhanced.
These pages offer a range of perspectives, but all are based on evidence that employability and effective student learning are linked. The Academy has also undertaken a substantial amount of work on Personal Development Planning (PDP).
Student Times
Careers Graduate Recruitment
Total jobs
Helping find employment
Best companies Guide
The Best Companies Guide uses confidential feedback from employees to find out just how good their employers really are. Companies and organisations are then scored using a unique three-star accreditation system. Use this website to find great companies to work for by sector, location, benefits or their star rating and compare them side-by-side. Or use our Best Match tool to identify employers who closely match your own values and attitudes to key workplace factors.
fKnowledge Transfer Partnership
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) is Europe's leading programme helping businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside within the UK knowledge base. KTP is funded by the Technology Strategy Board with 17 other funding organisations.
Kauffman Foundation
Catalyzing entrepreneurial success and innovation in business and education.
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Further reference
material can be found at the following:
Active Enterprise
at the University of Sunderland Business School
www.activeenterprise.co.uk
HIgher Education
Academy
www.heacademy.ac.uk/leaflets.htm
Jobcentre Plus
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
CIHE - The Council for Industry & Higher Education
www.cihe-uk.com/publications.php
LLAS - Languages Linguistics and Area Studies
www.llas.ac.uk/publications
Association of Graduate Recruiters
www.agr.org.uk
Prospects
www.prospects.ac.uk
The European Employment services Network
Joe Bennett - EURES Adviser, Jobcentre Plus
www.europa.eu.int/eures
www.eures-jobs.com
CHERI - Centre for Higher Education Research & Information
www.open.ac.uk/cheri/
NICEC - National Institute for Careers and Counselling
www.nicec.org.uk
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