Close to 70% of graduate jobs now recruit on the basis of non-vocational skills, experiences and achievements. This means, for many careers, the subject you study is less important than the skills and aptitude you can demonstrate to employers when you graduate.
At Newcastle, we believe in providing an education for life. This means giving you access to skills, knowledge and experiences that will last a lifetime whatever you go on to do.
We are one of the top 20 ‘most targeted’ universities by graduate employers so we have an excellent understanding of what they’re looking for in their future employees.
In particular, we have worked with employers to define a set of skills that will produce graduates who are well prepared for learning, life and work around the world. This means that whatever you go on to do – work, further study, travel, self-employment – you'll have the skills and knowledge that you can apply in a wide variety of contexts.
We have defined these skills in our Graduate Skills Framework (PDF: 274KB).
All Newcastle students have the opportunity to develop these skills as part of their degree and outside their study programme through our skills initiative, ncl+.