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This report looks at whether the UK is producing too many graduates for the jobs available that need graduate skills. [The authors'] conclusion is that in broad terms the demand for and supply of graduates remains in balance. Graduates on average continue to earn more than non-graduates, have higher employment rates and lower unemployment. But there is a significant minority of graduates - up to 30 per cent of the total - for whom this is less true. Many are ending up in jobs for which a graduate degree is not necessary. The report therefore makes some recommendations to schools and colleges, the [higher education] HE sector, employers, and the government to improve advice on choice of course and encourage better matching of jobs and skills. But above all, [the UK] need[s] to create a strong vocational education and training system that offers good career paths so that future students can choose between [the] existing world-class university system and a high quality vocational option.

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