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The Labour Market for Graduates in Scotland

Bates P, Tyers C, Loukas G

SE1726, Futureskills Scotland, April 2006
ISBN: (no ISBN), pp. 32
Bound copy: £free

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This report describes how the labour market in Scotland for graduates changed between 1993/95 and 2001/03, and examines what effect the large increase in the supply of graduates in recent years has had on the labour market experience of graduates in Scotland.

The number of graduates in Scotland’s workforce has increased by around half since the mid-1990s. There is considerable dispute as to whether that has been desirable. Some people argue that there are ‘too many’ graduates, or at least ‘too many’ of the ‘wrong type’. Others contend that a modern economy needs graduate level skills to prosper. A final option is that the number and types of graduates produced match what Scotland’s labour market and economy need.

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