Employers prepare to trawl graduate pool

Ministers are encouraging employers to offer internships to final-year students who cannot find jobs this summer

Case study: 'It's tiny things that count'

Nick Parminter, a postgraduate marketing student at Exeter University, knows a lot about internships — he has done three

Business big shot: John Denham, Skills Secretary

The idea for graduate internships came as an instant response this year to dire predictions of graduate unemployment

Graduates face worst jobs market in decade

Only one in five final-year university students expects to have secured a job by time they graduate this summer

Recession brings new reality to graduates

The five-year boom in the graduate job market has come to an abrupt end and the mood on campus has changed dramatically

The right course counts

Students need clear aims in a recession

Masters of a greener world

New courses are targeting eco-friendly jobs

Hit the rigs running

Postgraduate degrees open doors to an oil and gas career

Explore the final frontier from Earth

Space scientists do not have to be on another planet

Shh, this is a digital library

The modern librarian is an online facilitator with an MA

Case study: the student librarian

Conservation lessons in the swamps of Borneo

A conservation student talks about her course

A little psychology can give athletes the edge

Studying can for a postgraduate can reap rewards in sport

Case study: paralympics