The 12th in this weekly series of blogs on employability was written by Jacklyn Tubb, MAUA, Associate CMI, Head of Business Operations, Faculty of Engineering & Science, University of Greenwich.
For all the discussion of the Government’s reforms to higher and further education, arguably their whole purpose can be boiled down to one top ministerial priority: achieving more jobs for students. This is equally true of the more established and modern universities, irrespective of whether the student comes from a disadvantaged background. The Department for Education and the Treasury are in lockstep in this pursuit for value for money. At the University of Greenwich, we are already rising to the challenge.
It is undoubtedly true that when tuition fees are being frozen, more international students coming to our institutions help keep balance sheets healthy. But our University has always believed that welcoming students from all over the world makes us a better place. In addition to them having a great learning experience, we want to support the international students into jobs, work placements or internships of the type which will put them on the road to a meaningful career. Of course, more students will increasingly be in employment from the start as a growing proportion opt for our degree apprenticeship programmes.
