It is increasingly difficult for young people to find work
Universities in England suffer another blow today as new research has found one in five employers believe school leavers make better workers than university graduates.
An unsteady future is rocked by reports that graduate recruits were found to be most lacking in interpersonal and computer skills, while one in four emplyers reported a lack of basic literacy and numeracy skills.
This is sure to be a massive blow to those in education at the moment studying for their degree.
Higher education has been a huge topic of debate amongst education ministers in government over the last year, since the coalition decided to triple tutition fee's, forcing some students to pay £9,000 for a single years tuition.
The results of the survey released today, by recruitment company Adecco, will only add to increased pressure on universities in securing places this September, and cause an equal amount of distress to students who are in the process of deciding what career path to choose and whether to study at degree level.
One in three employers said the education system was failing to equip young people with the skills required by businesses. 1,000 firms took part in the survey which also discovered university graduates had unrealistic expectations of working life.
This is sure to be a massive blow to those in education at the moment studying for their degree.
Chris Moore, of Adecco Group, said: "Collectively, we - the Government, businesses and educators - must work together and take full responsibility for developing skills in line with commercial needs."
However, it musn't be forgotten that from this research, the majority of employers seem to be happy with the decision to employ graduates and in many professional areas such as medicine or law, a degree is the necessary route through to a career.
College leavers this year are no doubt facing a massive decision now as they weigh up whether a degree or internship at higher education level is worth pursuing in September.
With youth unemployment at a record high and universities coming under more and more strain, school leavers do not face easy times ahead as they prepare to enter the working world and build a life for themselves.
The university league tables for 2012 are out this week, with Cambridge topping the list narrowly beating it's rival Oxford.
Alexandra Baracskai
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