Dr Peter O’Brien Today’s sad news about the death of the former Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, has elicited tributes from across the political spectrum. Although born in North Wales, John Prescott was synonymous with Hull and with Yorkshire. As a graduate of the University of Hull, and a student at Ruskin College, Oxford, he …
Commenting on today’s King’s Speech, Executive Director of YU, Dr Peter O’Brien, said: This legislative programme presents the new Government’s plan for creating the conditions and introducing the mechanisms to ‘kickstart’ growth. Looking at the new Bills in the pipeline, including for transport, housing, education, health, environment, and energy, there is a clear role for …
This article was first published by The Yorkshire Post on 11 July 2024 New data released this week shows that almost 80 per cent of UK graduates were in high-skilled jobs just over a year after they graduated, with 84 per cent of those asked saying they found their employment to be meaningful. It also …
Dr Peter O’Brien, YU Executive Director The Labour Party has won a landslide in the General Election. Sir Keir Starmer, a University of Leeds graduate, becomes the country’s 58th Prime Minister, and Rachel Reeves, MP for Leeds West and Pudsey, is the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer. Yorkshire Universities (YU) congratulates the Labour Party, …
Marina Tapley, YU Policy and Research Officer Dr Bob Gilworth, Senior Lecturer in Careers Guidance at the University of Huddersfield. This article was first published by HEPI on 6 July 2024 A Yorkshire Universities (YU) project has produced the first large-scale picture of student self-reported career readiness at the start of undergraduate study across an …
Marina Tapley, YU Policy and Research Officer In May 2024, Yorkshire Universities (YU) held a workshop to agree priorities for graduate labour market analysis with participants from across Higher Education, including YU group members from the Graduate Implementation Group (GIG) and Graduate Data group (GDG), as well as partners working across sub-regional governance structures on …
The Migration Advisory Committee has today published its ‘Rapid Review of the Graduate Route‘. The report concludes there is no evidence of significant abuse of the Graduate route, that it broadly has achieved – and continues to achieve – the government’s own objectives, including those set out in the Government’s International Education Strategy. Responding to …
Dr Peter O’Brien, Executive Director So, the dust has settled on the local and mayoral elections in England. Yorkshire now has three ‘Metro Mayors’, with a fourth, for Hull and East Yorkshire, in the offing next year, meaning that there will be full Mayoral coverage across Yorkshire by May 2025. Congratulations to Oliver Coppard and …
This op-ed was originally published online by the Yorkshire Post on 27 April 2024. Every year, our region welcomes thousands of international students to universities across Yorkshire. At a time when international student applications are declining as a result of changes to visa policies, it is important that we remind ourselves of how international students are …
Dr Peter O’Brien Local government is facing acute financial crisis, unprecedented in recent times. As if to illustrate, over half of the respondents to a recent Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) survey said they were likely to declare effective bankruptcy in the next five years, 9% said they were likely to in the next financial …
