Complacency and "general hopelessness" have been blamed for the failure of young British men as research reveals that underperformance in school and university is now creeping into their working lives. A report published today by the Higher Education Policy Institute thinktank says male graduates are far more likely to be unemployed than their female counterparts.
"When I talk to graduate recruiters about how impressive candidates applying for jobs are, I do pick up a sense that female graduates are a little more mature and focused, that they put together good applications," said Gilleard.
Gilleard, who will be speaking at the AGR annual conference this week, warned things will get worse for those without jobs when another cohort of graduates enters the market this summer. "The class of 2010 are competing with the class of 2009
The AGR has warned that a good degree is no longer enough to guarantee a career, saying that additional factors such as work experience and volunteering have become crucial.
Bahram Bekhradnia, the HEPI's director pointed to forecasts that suggest women will dominate the professions within 15 years. "That has all sorts of implications for things such as family creation, child-rearing and so on. The situation in some countries is even more extreme. An American woman told a conference I attended of the fury of black American women who found it impossible to form relationships with men of the same race with similar educational attainment because black American males weren't going to university.
"If you aspire to form relationships with people who have similar educational backgrounds then women will find that more difficult as this trend becomes accentuated."
But David Willetts, the higher education minister, said he was helping graduates by getting universities to provide "employability statements" about different courses.
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