Relatively quietly in the Autumn Budget another bit of fiscal drag increased income tax, this time on university graduates:

The repayment threshold for student loans will be frozen at £28,470 from April 2027 for three years.

Essentially graduates will start repaying sooner & pay a larger share of income than if thresholds had risen with inflation.

(at least the repayment is capped at 30 years, soon it moves to 40 for future graduates!)

#universities #graduates

h/t Belina Sartori/LinkedIn

‘Everyone I know is thinking of moving abroad or has gone’ – The Irish Times

Each year more than 85,000 students graduate from Irish third-level institutions. While the vast majority are eager to…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #graduates #hse #IE #Ireland #irish-abroad #students #third-level #yourstories
https://www.newsbeep.com/282881/

Around 150 #graduates returned to our #university after 25, 50, and 60 years! They received their silver, gold, and diamond anniversary certificates from President Thomas F. Hofmann and members of our executive board: http://go.tum.de/651439 👏

#alumni

📷Photogenika

The latest edition of the Global #University #EmployabilityRanking once again places us 13th worldwide, showing that #graduates of our university are keenly sought in the international job market: http://go.tum.de/510875 👏

📷A. Heddergott

A #video of my 'Liquidate AI Art' talk for the Computer Arts Society is now available:

https://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2025/october/webinar-liquidate-ai-art

‘This talk expands on my recent #book ‘Masked Media: What It Means To Be Human in the Age of Artificial Creative Intelligence’:

http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/masked-media/

It argues for liquidating #AI #art, not out of a dismissal of #artificialintelligence as techno-fascist, nihilist or parrot-like, but an insistence that art has always been created by assemblages of #humans and nonhumans.

The talk references Frieder Nake’s assertion that art should not be divided into commodifiable styles based on the #tools used, but should function as a radical force capable of disrupting the hierarchies of the art world.

Picking up on this challenge, ‘Liquidate AI Art’ shows how UK arts funding today overwhelmingly benefits upper- and middle-class, privately educated #Oxbridge #graduates.
What’s needed is a #redistribution of resources to support radically different artistic practices.

More evidence (this time from the Institute of Student Employers) that its not artificial intelligence that is causing a continued reduction in graduate opportunities (which have dropped for the second year running) but rather employers' assessment of the general economic outlook.

They seem to be hanging on to existing staff & dialling back recruitment as the cheaper option in times of uncertainty.

Mind you, its unlikely that AI is helping graduate recruitment!

#workers #graduates #AI
h/t FT

UK job market cooling affects graduates and healthcare workers the most

The UK job market is experiencing a slowdown, particularly impacting graduates and healthcare workers, with job vacancies falling sharply. A leading recruitment data provider, Adzuna, reports that hiring for graduates has decreased by 35% over the past year, resulting in fierce competition for fewer... [More info]

Trust me, it’s true.
#Overeducated & #Unemployed.

The Newest Face of Long-Term #Unemployment? The College #Educated.

For years, only a small portion of the people experiencing long spells of #joblessness were #college #graduates. That’s starting to change.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/business/long-term-unemployment-college-grads.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare