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Man: Perhaps I can begin by asking you why you think it's important for business leaders to be involved in higher education?
首先，我想問您，為什么您認為商業(yè)領(lǐng)袖們需要受過高等教育呢？
Woman: Well, although most graduates still enter the teaching profession, an increasing number are employed by the business community -
盡管大多數(shù)畢業(yè)生依然從事教學工作，但現(xiàn)在越來越多的人進入商界——
this is a major destination for new graduates.
這是新畢業(yè)生們的主要去向。
So it's only natural that we should want to have a say in higher education, the courses that are being offered, and so on.
因此，我們想要在高等教育、提供課程等事宜上發(fā)聲就十分自然了。
Man: And why do you think the supermarket chain, Robertson's，needed to be represented on the government committee?
為什么您認為連鎖超市羅伯森需要在政府委員會上被代表呢？
Woman: Well, about 50% of jobs that come onto the market don't require a specific degree, so they're known as non-specialist.
市場上大約一半的工作不需要一個特定的學位，因此他們被稱為非專業(yè)人士。
This area's made up mostly of the service and retail sectors, with the retail sector alone accounting for 11% of graduate jobs.
這一領(lǐng)域主要包括服務業(yè)和零售業(yè)，僅零售業(yè)就包攬了畢業(yè)生工作的11%。
The high-tech industries, for example, IT and manufacturing, were already represented on the committee,
例如，高科技行業(yè)、信息技術(shù)和制造業(yè)都已經(jīng)在委員會中被代表，
and we thought that the opinions of the non-specialist employer, like Robertson's, should also be taken into account.
我們認為羅伯森等非專業(yè)人士雇主的觀點應該被列入考慮范圍內(nèi)。
Man: What about the findings of the committee?
委員會有什么發(fā)現(xiàn)？
What was important to you there?
對您來說，那里有什么是重要的嗎？
Woman: Well, firstly, that employers are looking for more than a body of knowledge.
首先，雇主不單單在尋找知識體系。
In today's world, the knowledge that a student gains has a short life span - it won't necessarily be relevant in 20 years' time.
在當今世界，學生獲取的知識期限很短——它在20年的時間里不是必然相關(guān)的。
The committee recognised that higher education needs to take on board the fact that employers are looking for important, universal skills -
委員會意識到，高等教育需要接受這個事實：雇主正在尋找重要且通用的技能——
in particular, those of communication, numeracy and IT.
特別是通訊、計算和信息技術(shù)方面的能力。
