Now on bbc news, Talking Business. Hello, everybody. A very warm welcome to talking Business Weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. Lets go and take a look at whats on the show. Its sort of a false story they tell us when we go to university, were going to get a good job if you get good grades. And thats just a falsehood, in my opinion. Its about the experience, ultimately. And without the experience, many people just wont get into a good job. Yep, the great graduate gamble. Student debts are on the rise in many countries, while pay packets are failing to keep up with soaring prices. So does it still pay to go to university . Todays gloomy Economic Outlook has Many Companies cutting back, leaving graduates in some countries, like here in the uk, being offered lessjobs for, in real terms, less money. But its not all doom and gloom with other countries like india, singapore and the us still on the up. So whats it like to graduate and put your degree into practice . And what can todays student
Now on bbc news, Talking Business. Hello, everybody. A very warm welcome to talking Business Weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. Lets go and take a look at whats on the show. Its sort of a false story they tell us when we go to university, were going to get a good job if you get good grades. And thats just a falsehood, in my opinion. Its about the experience, ultimately. And without the experience, many people just wont get into a good job. Yep, the great graduate gamble. Student debts are on the rise in many countries, while pay packets are failing to keep up with soaring prices. So does it still pay to go to university . Todays gloomy Economic Outlook has Many Companies cutting back, leaving graduates in some countries, like here in the uk, being offered lessjobs for, in real terms, less money. But its not all doom and gloom with other countries like india, singapore and the us still on the up. So whats it like to graduate and put your degree into practice . And what can todays student
Coming up the government heads off the threat of a defeat on the queens speech, by offering a concession on abortion rights for women in Northern Ireland. We will be funding her department with additionalfunding so that she can make a grant to the external organisations who will provide these services. The culture secretary says shes minded to refer foxs proposed takeover of sky to the competition watchdog. And is another parliamentary tradition about to disappear, as the speaker hints hes relaxing the dress code . The question of whether that member is wearing a tie is not absolutely front and centre stage. But first, the government has seen off a possible rebellion in the commons by announcing that it will Fund Abortions for women who travel from Northern Ireland to england. A Cross Party Group of mps was threatening to back an amendment to the queens speech put forward by the labour mp Stella Creasy. With a tiny majority in the commons the government bowed to the demand. A letter fr
Today the home secretary asked the Migration Advisory Committee to start work on what comes next. We want a newcomer in forms, evidence based eu migration policy. Weve commissioned the mac to look into it, an independent group. The Home Secretary Set out a vague timetable, sort of, that there will be three phases. The first will end on the specified date, the day we leave the eu, probably march, 2019. Eu citizens who are already here, who have five years residency, will be able to apply for a settled status and those with fewer than five years residency will be allowed to stay to clock up those five years. Even the apparently simple thing about what to do with eu citizens here already, and to take the big one, the European Union wants its own court to have some jurisdiction over these people to insure that their rights are respected, something the government doesnt like at all. The second phase is a slightly woolly transition phase, where it seems that eu residents will be able to come
Also coming up, most of the historic world war ii aircraft making up the battle of Britain Memorial flight have been grounded. One display has already been cancelled. And production was halted on the 6th of march Mission Impossible film, because its star tom cruise broke his ankle while performing a stunt while filming in london. This is bbc news and these are the top good morning. Its thursday 17th august. Im rebecca jones. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Thousands of teenagers across england, wales and Northern Ireland have received their a level results this morning. In england, the results marked a major reform to the exams introduced by the government, including a move away from coursework and modular exams in 13 subjects and a decision to separate as levels to form stand alone qualifications. There was a fall of 0. 2 in the overall pass rate which was down to 97. 9 . But there was an increase in the number of students awarded the top grades with 26. 3 of entries receiving either an