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Lord John Alderdice Elected to Honorary Fellowship at Pembroke College

We are delighted to announce that Lord John Alderdice has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of his distinguished political and academic career.

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Believe in Him Installation Visits Pembroke

Believe in Him, created by Utah artist Tom Holdman in collaboration with the Roots of Humanity Foundation, is a 32-foot long stained glass exhibit which has travelled between Rome, Paris and London. During the recent vacation, the travelling exhibition spent a week in Pembroke's Hall and Chapel, where it was enjoyed by students, staff and visitors.

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Over-qualification and skills mismatch in the graduate labour market: new report by Pembroke Economists

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Dr Craig Holmes (Lecturer in Economics) and Professor Ken Mayhew (Emeritus Fellow) are authors of the latest CIPD report on the expansion of take-up of UK higher education in recent decades, and the mismatch of high-skill jobs growth over the same period.

Their report concludes: “Policy-makers need to scrutinise the range of courses offered by the HE sector and seriously consider the social and private returns to them...Our findings suggest that the presence of a large HE sector will not necessarily lead to the attainment of the knowledge economy so beloved by successive UK governments.”

The report can be read in full online, on the CIPD website, and has received widespread publicity, including on BBC News, The Times Higher Education, and University World News.

The authors have since published further analysis of their findings in the online journal, The Conversation - click here to read in full.

The CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) is a professional body for HR and people development. The not-for-profit organisation champions better work and working lives and has 140,000 members across the world.  It provides thought leadership through independent research on the world of work, and offers professional training and accreditation for those working in HR and learning and development.