Mr. Peter Cassells:

We need to be able to close off that option by showing the advantages and disadvantages because if we do not, people will say that we did not look at all of the possibilities that were before us.

The reason we raised the issue of employability, and it came from an earlier question around career guidance, was our concern around the need for the universities and the IoTs to be investing in good high quality career guidance and student supports. That is essential. It would include looking at the question of internships and the competencies and capabilities one needs for the modern labour market.

It is not just the particular discipline in which one has one's qualification, but critical thinking, communications, team working and all those competencies are emerging increasingly as being crucial.