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Significant pressures are placed on students to acquire the competencies demanded by the job market. While technical proficiency remains important – 93 per cent of UK businesses report an IT skills gap – that shouldn’t lead students to dismiss the importance of soft skills.
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Surveys show that Generation Z – the newest generation to join the workplace – favours sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) over salary and other benefits. And while CSR has been around for decades, now more than ever students are seeking employers with solid ethical values, who are committed to action on the environment, and who consider their impact on all stakeholders, not just their shareholders.
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According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), 2023 saw the largest-ever increase in jobs in renewable energy. Green jobs rose from 13.7 million in 2022 to 16.2 million in 2023, a rise of 18 per cent.
The top five locations for renewable energy jobs are China, the European Union, Brazil, the US and India, IRENA reports.
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As a student considering higher education, it can be difficult to determine which courses will create sought-after candidates in the job market. While it’s impossible to predict how the workplace will look in the future, research suggests there are a number of areas of undergraduate study that will prove popular with employers now and in the future.
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Many rankings produced by Times Higher Education will help you to decide which university to attend, whether it be the World University Rankings, the Impact Rankings, or the Young University Rankings.
The Rhodes Scholarship – a fully funded postgraduate award – provides exceptional people from all over the world the opportunity to study at the University of Oxford.
Gloria Charite, from Rwanda, and Trisha Prabhu, from the United States, are among the Rhodes Scholars pursuing a career that enables them to make a positive difference.