EUA President calls for universities to focus on the labour market outcomes of their graduates

The current edition of the EUA newsletter tells how earlier this month, Professor Georg Winckler, President of EUA, was asked to give a presentation to the UK Parliament’s Education and Skills Committee on the key international perspectives for higher education.

The Committee was meeting just days after new Prime Minister Gordon Brown had announced a major shake up of the education arena in the UK. One of his first moves in office was the creation of a new Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills that would look to make Britain one of the best places in the world for science, research and innovation.

In his presentation, Professor Winckler described how the creation of a knowledge society would put pressure on higher education institutions across Europe, particularly through increased participation rates and more lifelong learning. In this context, he underlined that universities would need to care more about the employability of their graduates.