When young people are choosing what subject to study at university, most of them hope they will find a great job upon graduation. In reality many fresh graduates fail to find work in their fields and some are even forced to take up below graduate jobs. In my opinion, the root cause of this problem lies in the outdated higher education system that should be modernized.
Traditional university education does not prepare students for their job for a number of reasons. One of them is that many programmes are too theoretical. It means that highly educated graduates lacks simple skills required for employment, for example, the knowledge of IT software. Employers, therefore, prefer candidates with hand-on experience. Another reason is that universities offer too many courses in popular fields such as law and business, and do not recruit enough students for engineering and science programmes. This is amply illustrated by the fact that current UK labour market has an oversupply of law graduates and a deficit of engineers.
A reform of higher education could alleviate many of the problems but would require joint efforts from universities and the government. If higher institutions would work closer with the employers, they could teach students practical skills that companies are looking for. Meanwhile, government could also develop guidelines on how many students universities should enroll in each course in accordance with the market demand.
In conclusion, a likely reason why many graduates cannot find a job in their field because university education might not provide them the right skill set for an in-demand profession. I think that universities and the government could improve the situation by updating the content of the programmes and limiting the number of students in each subject in line with the market demand
When young
people
are choosing what subject to study at
university
, most of them hope they will find a great
job
upon graduation. In reality
many
fresh
graduates
fail to find work in their fields and
some
are even forced to take up below
graduate
jobs
. In my opinion, the root cause of this problem lies in the outdated higher
education
system that should
be modernized
.
Traditional
university
education
does not prepare
students
for their
job
for a number of reasons. One of them is that
many
programmes
are too theoretical. It means that
highly
educated
graduates
lacks simple
skills
required for employment,
for example
, the knowledge of IT software. Employers,
therefore
, prefer candidates with hand-on experience. Another reason is that
universities
offer too
many
courses in popular fields such as law and business, and do not recruit
enough
students
for engineering and science
programmes
. This is
amply
illustrated by the fact that
current
UK
labour
market has an
oversupply
of law
graduates
and a deficit of engineers.
A reform of higher
education
could alleviate
many
of the problems
but
would require joint efforts from
universities
and the
government
. If higher institutions
would work
closer with the employers, they could teach
students
practical
skills
that
companies
are looking for. Meanwhile,
government
could
also
develop guidelines on how
many
students
universities
should enroll in each course in accordance with the market demand.
In conclusion
, a likely reason why
many
graduates
cannot find a
job
in their field
because
university
education
might not provide them the right
skill
set for an in-demand profession. I
think
that
universities
and the
government
could
improve
the situation by updating the content of the
programmes
and limiting the number of
students
in each subject in line with the market
demand