UNIVERSITY GRADUATES

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32967, 13 July 1972, Page 15

UNIVERSITY GRADUATES

“Oversupply unlikely’’ (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON. July 12. A serious oversupply of graduates is unlikely although graduates may find it harder to find the job they prefer, according to the University Grants Committee. “Until now the greatly increased output of graduates has, with few exceptions, been absorbed effectively in 1 to the labour force and there 1 are fields of employment in ■ which demand continues to 1 exceed the supply,” said the committee’s annual report, tabled in Parliament. 1 Some graduates, especially women qualified in arts and 1 sciences, had been finding it 1 rather harder to find em- ' ployment suited to their in- 1 terests and qualifications. The universities themselves 1 could help by considering the • value of post-graduate 1 courses of a directly-voca-tional kind as an alternative I to M.A. courses, the report 1 suggests. i “Such arrangements might : give these students a greater | sense of purpose, make them more acceptable to 1 employers and reduce the t incidence of ‘work shock’ that ’ is said to be not uncommon among graduates entering i employment.” i