At a recent meeting on information, advice and guidance (IAG), I was introduced to Career Bullseye Posters.
The Australian government has developed posters to reflect the possible career routes people can take depending on their subject specialism and level of learning. Bullseyes start in the middle at Level 1, roughly the equivalent of completing GCSEs, expanding out at the edges for Level 4, at degree level.
Bullseyes act only as a guide, but this is no bad thing. Each path taken in life is unique. Students must be made aware that just because one past graduate achieved the dream job of a prospective student, it doesn’t mean that the same degree will yield the same results upon graduation.
Globalisation: Where on earth does HE start?
by Martin Hughes June 27, 2011Universities Minister, David Willetts, recently said that the HE sector is only at the beginning of globalisation.
Willetts, speaking at the launch of the book “Blue Skies”, assured that change will happen as the sector focuses more on globalisation. He suggested that previously small players may be growing massively, but the balance hasn’t yet set in. The UK and other players have yet to play their cards in a big way.
Does this mean that Willetts is banking on an easy — or, at least, steady — overtaking shot at an opportune time?