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Graduate employment and economic challenge

We are supporting the higher education (HE) sector in its contribution to address the country's economic challenges.

This includes specific initiatives to support unemployed graduates, and close work with national and regional partner organisations. These pages explore the programmes we have run and some of the examples of help for graduates it has produced.

Latest development

Publishing employability statements

Letter of invitation to universities and colleges.

Economic challenge

The Economic Challenge Investment Fund is a 'rapid response' fund to tackle current economic challenges.

More on the Economic Challenge Investment Fund

Undergraduate internships

Internships designed to support access to the professions for students from disadvantaged backgrounds

More on undergraduate internships

Graduate internships

Scheme to help unemployed graduates, and to support priority sectors of economic growth.

More on graduate internships