University of Sunderland

And thanks for inviting me, Louise.

So I've worked at the University of Sunderland for 20 years, unbelievably, always in the space of supporting our students and graduates who have an inclination to start a business.

And we have a programme of support, a Startup at Sunderland programme of support that offers support workshops, one-to-one guidance and coaching and information.

And we really just encourage everybody to think about it as a pathway.

And I think in an interview situation, it's as much about the applicant finding out about the company and is it a good fit.

I think businesses should, when they're thinking about graduate recruitment, don't think about it as once they've graduated.

Certainly at the University of Sunderland, talk to us around how you can get involved with all the things that I talked about earlier around the learning in the curriculum.

Could you come in and do a guest lecture? Could you come in and be part of a panel? Could you come in and set a brief for our students? And that gives you the opportunity to really see certainly for our demographic of student where they're at and then when it comes to kind of recruitment how can you meet them where where they are and provide those opportunities and you know um environments where they can thrive um but but it's tough for businesses isn't it because it's it's it's really it's really tough yeah

Bangladesh saw an increase from 7.1% to 23.5%, while India rose from 1.2% to 5.2%.

Sir David Bell, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sunderland, said a rise in visa refusals without prior warning had prompted universities to take protective measures.

Roughly 15 universities are believed to have halted all student intake from Pakistan during the current academic year.

Professor Stephen Maguire of the University of East Anglia said institutions might respond by focusing more heavily on China and India, where visa refusal rates tend to be lower.

Yeah, I'll do that.

I mean, uh, the, the, Sunderland University, they're pulling one of the main buildings down.

I think they're gonna make it a student accommodation.

But I drove past it the other day, and I was in...

So they have more of a desire to want commitment.

There was a separate study done in 2015, though, published at the University of Sunderland, that did say something a little bit different.

It essentially concluded that men might want commitment more, women want more evidence of commitment, so they are more likely to crave somebody really confirming for them, "Yes, I wanna be with you.

Yes, this relationship is heading in the right direction.

Went to university because there was nothing else to do.

Went to Sunderland University because nobody else would take me.

Right.

I did a computer's degree because I just like computers.

Mm-hmm.

'Cause we already know there are fantastic local examples of knowledge transfer where, um, you know, Sunderland University and the work it has done on, uh, creative arts and development of the arts and cultural sector in Sunderland is astoundingly good.

Mm-hmm.

Um, and that wasn't because, um, the city council or the, the mayoral authority, um, acquired it.

As you can see, I've passed my media law.

Thanks very much, Carol Watson of Sunderland University.

Hopefully you're not listening to this because you were a fantastic lecturer.

But yeah, just that, Alex, to be honest, that we had that period of time when Jack Rodwell would come out and say things like how awful of a place it was to play.