Press Release: Fall in Graduate Employment
Commenting on the statistics on graduate employment published today, the Shadow Secretary for Universities and Skills, David Willetts, said:
“These figures show yet again that young people are the biggest victims of the recession. The employment rate of graduates was falling even before the recession took hold. We now have record levels of young people not in education, employment or training. Ministers are letting our young people down.
“Youth unemployment can scar individuals for life. That is why we have called on ministers to offer more postgraduate places in the coming academic year and to guarantee apprenticeship places.”
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