Prospects launches UK’s first Tech Careers Fair with Discord
Graduate careers expert @Prospects, part of @Jisc, is launching the first Tech Careers Fair in the UK to be hosted on communications service @Discord, addressing…
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Graduates are in demand from employers trying to cover skills shortages
While graduates are currently in high demand they are still lacking the business skills that will help them stand out from the crowd when it…
Pandemic internships more likely to be unpaid and face-to-face
Work experience has been scarce during the pandemic, but students undertaking opportunities are more likely to have been unpaid and worked in person. Prospects,…
85 bogus UK universities shut down
Prospects Hedd, the degree fraud service run by Jisc (@Jisc), has closed 85 websites selling degrees from fake UK universities. The government tasked Prospects Hedd…
Prospects supports bill to ban essay mills
Update: The Essay Mills (Prohibition) Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no…
What do graduates do? offers a glimpse of the graduate labour market in 2021
@Prospects at @Jisc’s annual What do graduates do? report has launched to help students to make more informed decisions about their careers. The indispensable guide, created in…
Students are being warned that sharing selfies of their exam certificates can help counterfeiters get hold of the latest designs
#CertificateFree for #ResultsDay2020 – @Prospects, which runs the @Hedd_UK degree fraud reporting service on behalf of the @OfficeStudents, is warning that degree fraud could rise this year…
Degree Fraud Awareness Week launched
@Prospects is uniting the education community and employers in the fight against degree fraud with the launch of a week-long campaign. Degree Fraud Awareness Week…
More than half of final year students lose jobs or internships during pandemic
The class of 2020 will be less prepared for work and face fewer career opportunities because of the pandemic, reports @Prospects New research showed that 29%…
HECSU Prospects: Work experience key to tackling skills shortages
Work experience is key to tackling skills shortages, according to analysis by HECSU Prospects published in a new report on Skill Shortages in the UK.…