The most employable universities in the UK?

•

Carried out between June and September 2014 (field phase between 6/06 and 01/07) with the results published on December 8th.

•

In total over 2,200 recruiters from 20 countries responded to the online and telephone survey.

•

They were asked to give their views on their higher education systems and on tomorrow’s universities.

•

The countries represented were: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China and Hong Kong, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

•

Managers experienced in recruiting and/or working with graduates

•

At least 4 years of professional experience

•

Special focus on large companies and managers experienced with graduates from countries other than their own

•

The first panel of 2200 recruiters from the survey
were asked to select from a list of their local universities which in their opinion produced the best recruits. Those who recruited internationally were also asked to vote on a global ranking from the list of the 2013 Global Employability University Ranking; each had ten votes to cast and could also add additional universities.

•

The second panel of 2,300 CEOs and Chairs selected from the top 1 000 companies in 20 countries cast a maximum of 10 votes for the universities appearing in the local and global rankings established in phase one, with the possibility of adding names.

•

The countries selected for canvassing were the same 20 countries as in the survey. Field phase between August and November