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Missing female economists
A study by the University of Southampton has found there are far fewer women studying economics than men, with women accounting for just 27% of economics students, despite them making up 57% of the undergraduate population in UK universities. The fi ndings suggest less than half as
many girls (1.2%) as boys (3.8%) apply to study economics at university. Study author Dr Mirco Tonin said:
“This underrepresentation of women taking economics degrees could have major implications in policy making. Economists have an infl uential role in think-tanks, ministries, central banks and international organisations like the IMF and the World Bank.”
Parental guidance (not always) needed
New research from Coventry University reveals that almost a quarter (22%) of school leavers believe that advice from their parents is one of the most important factors when choosing a university. One in seven (14%) students goes
so far as to say that such advice is more important than their own views. Only 7% of students said
they don’t value their parents’ opinions at all when making a university decision. Although parental
guidance is, of course, well- meaning, academics express concern that it is based on university experiences which are decades old, and may overlook things like ‘modern universities’, which have risen to prominence since 1992, off ering courses with a strong focus on
increasing graduates’ employability. Over a third of all the parents (35%)
involved in the research admit ed that they want to infl uence their children’s university choice. Of the parents who went into higher education, 43% said they hope their children follow a similar university path to their own. Professor Ian Marshall,
Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Coventry University, commented: “The university landscape has changed
dramatically in the last 20–30 years and therefore parental
advice, which many parents admit
is heavily infl uenced by their own higher education path, may be ill-informed. The most eff ective advice parents could off er would be to encourage their children to research potential future careers.”
Good news for grads
Graduate unemployment saw its biggest drop in 15 years according to new research from the Higher Education Careers Service Unit. HECSU’s annual ‘What do
graduates do?’ publication shows the destinations of 256,350 full and part-time fi rst degree graduates in January 2014 – six months after they had left university. The report found that the number of employed graduates increased from 73.6% to 75.6% year-on-year.
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