Unique Client Solutions Approves of Businesses in Schools Plan

The Confederation of British Industry argues that businesses must spend more time in schools. Unique Client Solutions wholeheartedly agrees.

With unemployment figures so high, and school leavers and graduates struggling to enter the job marketing Unique Client Solutions is very aware of the fact that the gap between education and businesses is wide. Ask any business what their biggest problem is with finding people to fill positions and they’ll answer, skills. Customer acquisitions company, Unique Client Solutions looks at new plans being suggested by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and discusses why they think they will help to bridge the gap.

Neil Carberry is director of employment and skills at the CBI, he says “The short-term challenge is the advice and support we give to young people who work hard at school… a lot of young people are deeply impressive. We need to make sure they get the advice and support they need.” Unique Client Solutions has previously reported on the Government Youth Contract, £1 billion being invested to help young unemployed people to get a job, through paid work experience. Employers can get financial support from the Government for taking on such people.

A spokesperson for Unique Client Solutions Nottingham believes that the first step has been taken now businesses must do more. “We totally agree with the CBI that businesses have a duty as part of society to invest time and money into the people who will work for them. However that doesn’t just mean at the highest level, it means right down to the bottom.”

The CBI wants to take this one step further and take businesses into primary schools, Mr Carberry continued, "The first thing is an inspirational strategy, linking up what we do at school with what we do in later life." He says that interest is not lacking, “There is a massive upsurge in businesses prepared to get involved in schools. The challenge is how to make it happen everywhere. The Nottingham area is lucky in that it has  number of very strong private-sector employers.”

Unique Client Solutions believes that businesses can, and will do more. “Businesses around the country and particularly in Nottingham where we are based are very aware that more needs to be done. The problem is linking businesses with schools and universities. Once this is achieved the UK will be able to set itself apart from the rest of the world because of the strength of its innovation thought the strength and education of its people.”

Unique Client Solutions Unsurprised at Graduates Worth

Unique Client Solutions looks into a recent report which shows that graduates contribute to the economy 10 times what it costs to educate them.

The topic of graduate unemployment is one which Unique Client Solutions has been discussing a great deal recently. So a University and Colleges Union (UCU) report showing that their contribution to the economy is 10 times what they cost the government to educate them is unsurprising. The customer acquisitions firm looks into the report in more detail.

The report reveals that graduates bring in £180,000 more than those simply with A-levels over their working career and the average degree costs the state approximately £18,800 per student. Unique Client Solutions finds these staggering figures worrying as the government starts in their latest reforms with the cost of a degree tripling. Their report suggests that these changes will limit the number of graduates that the UK produces and will damage the country’s ability to compete with other countries globally.

Comparing the direction that higher education is heading to other advanced industrialized nations is also concerning. Back in 2000 the UK had the third highest number of graduates but by 2008 it had fallen to 15^th as countries like China and India invest so much more in their higher education programs. Unique Client Solutions understands that China has quadrupled its number of graduates between 1999 and 2005 and India is planning to create 800 new higher education institutions by 2020.

The UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said “This research shows the huge contribution A-level and degree holders make to our economy and instead of cutting places at college and university ministers should be looking to fast-track learners into the industries of the future.”

A representative for the Sheffield-based Unique Client Solutions said, “This report clearly shows that if the UK isn’t careful we’re going to fall behind our biggest competitors. We have a proud educational heritage in the UK and it’s essential we keep that reputation and make sure that graduates aren’t being forced abroad in search of work. There are plenty of new industries emerging that we can encourage them into and make sure we remain competitive on a global scale.”

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