47,000 new job grants - make your dream employer aware
The Government has announced the creation of 47,000 new jobs with businesses and charities as part of its Future Jobs Fund. 117 bidders had so far been given the green light to create jobs for young people, including sports coaches, education assistants as well as roles in the green and ...
Friday, July 31st, 2009
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CV as Powerful as Degree
I know you’re probably still on a post graduation high, but I’m sorry to tell you that I have some bad news. Yes, for all those graduates just sobering up following graduation the Sutton Trust is warning that just because you have a degree will not guarantee you a good ...
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Tags: cv, Degree, graduate, Graduation, Interviews, Jobs, Recession
I know you’re probably still on a post graduation high, but I’m sorry to tell you that I have some bad news. Yes, for all those graduates just sobering up following graduation the Sutton Trust is warning that just because you have a degree will not guarantee you a good ...
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Tags: cv, Degree, graduate, Graduation, Interviews, Jobs, Recession
Teaching Applications on the Up
The sales of apples are going to go through the roof! That’s right, apple farmers around the country are rubbing their hands together at the news that the recession has seen the number of graduates attempting to enter the teaching profession raise by 10%. And there’s no signs of things ...
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Tags: teacher training, Teaching
The sales of apples are going to go through the roof! That’s right, apple farmers around the country are rubbing their hands together at the news that the recession has seen the number of graduates attempting to enter the teaching profession raise by 10%. And there’s no signs of things ...
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Tags: teacher training, Teaching
Department shake up links Unis to business
After just two years, England's department for higher and further education has been scrapped. The prime minister has created a new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills under Lord Mandelson. Universities do not figure in the name of the new department, whose remit is "to build Britain's capabilities to compete ...
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Tags: Graduate career news, university and business links
After just two years, England's department for higher and further education has been scrapped. The prime minister has created a new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills under Lord Mandelson. Universities do not figure in the name of the new department, whose remit is "to build Britain's capabilities to compete ...
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Tags: Graduate career news, university and business links
CIMA & BPP join forces to subsidise graduate course
Our good friends over at CIMA and BPP have decided to join forces for the good of graduate kind and start subsidising graduate courses in order to help new graduates in the toughest job market for decades. That’s right out of the goodness of their hearts they’re offering discounts of ...
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Tags: Accountancy, bpp, cima, graduate, post grad, Qualifications
Our good friends over at CIMA and BPP have decided to join forces for the good of graduate kind and start subsidising graduate courses in order to help new graduates in the toughest job market for decades. That’s right out of the goodness of their hearts they’re offering discounts of ...
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Tags: Accountancy, bpp, cima, graduate, post grad, Qualifications
Drinking at Work
I’ve been known to sink one or twelve in my day, but never have I seen a chart of the hardest drinking industries, that was until today. It seems the surveying masterminds over at YouGov (where you can also earn money for taking surveys) had a bit of spare time ...
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Tags: alcohol, drinking, Estate Agents, Finance, Insurance, IT, media
I’ve been known to sink one or twelve in my day, but never have I seen a chart of the hardest drinking industries, that was until today. It seems the surveying masterminds over at YouGov (where you can also earn money for taking surveys) had a bit of spare time ...
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Tags: alcohol, drinking, Estate Agents, Finance, Insurance, IT, media
If you’re tall, you’ll earn more
It appears that our cousins in Australia have sobered up long enough to do a study, I knew they could do it. So with this ground breaking step what do you suppose they’ve chosen to study? Economic liquidity? No. Popular fiscal opinion? Nope, you’ll never guess. They’ve chosen to study ...
Monday, May 18th, 2009
Tags: height, salary, wages
It appears that our cousins in Australia have sobered up long enough to do a study, I knew they could do it. So with this ground breaking step what do you suppose they’ve chosen to study? Economic liquidity? No. Popular fiscal opinion? Nope, you’ll never guess. They’ve chosen to study ...
Monday, May 18th, 2009
Tags: height, salary, wages
1 in 5 Choose the Wrong Career
The good people at the recruitment company Kelly Services must have found themselves at a loose end one day, so decided to interview 115,000 graduates worldwide. Once Kelly Services had gotten over the ‘it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time’ syndrome they discovered that of their 115,000 surveyed graduates a lot of them were unhappy with ...
Friday, May 8th, 2009
Tags: Careers, choosing a career, Recruitment
The good people at the recruitment company Kelly Services must have found themselves at a loose end one day, so decided to interview 115,000 graduates worldwide. Once Kelly Services had gotten over the ‘it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time’ syndrome they discovered that of their 115,000 surveyed graduates a lot of them were unhappy with ...
Friday, May 8th, 2009
Tags: Careers, choosing a career, Recruitment
University Rankings Revealed
The chief student counters over at The Complete University Guide have once again published their university league table and there’s big news apparently. There isn’t much change at the top with Oxford sat on the top of the pile, or at the bottom with the London South Bank University propping ...
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Tags: best university, rankings
The chief student counters over at The Complete University Guide have once again published their university league table and there’s big news apparently. There isn’t much change at the top with Oxford sat on the top of the pile, or at the bottom with the London South Bank University propping ...
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Tags: best university, rankings
Graduate Wages, but not as you thought
It seems that students could have ideas above their position, as discovered at the University of Southampton, where a PhD student interviewed 3,000 other students asking them what their predicted graduate salary would be. Most expected to earn at least 10% above the average graduate salary of £16,455 and some ...
Monday, April 27th, 2009
Tags: Debt, graduate wage, wages
It seems that students could have ideas above their position, as discovered at the University of Southampton, where a PhD student interviewed 3,000 other students asking them what their predicted graduate salary would be. Most expected to earn at least 10% above the average graduate salary of £16,455 and some ...
Monday, April 27th, 2009
Tags: Debt, graduate wage, wages
Lying on your CV isn’t big or clever
Liar, liar pants on fire! Yes it’s true there is always one who wants to stretch the truth, but in this case there’s more than one as BackCheck (the background checking specialists) discovered during a 6 month experiment. Between September 2008 and March 2009 BackCheck discovered that there has been ...
Friday, April 24th, 2009
Tags: cv, cv writting
Liar, liar pants on fire! Yes it’s true there is always one who wants to stretch the truth, but in this case there’s more than one as BackCheck (the background checking specialists) discovered during a 6 month experiment. Between September 2008 and March 2009 BackCheck discovered that there has been ...
Friday, April 24th, 2009
Tags: cv, cv writting
Brush your teeth before your job interview
We’ve all heard that first impressions count in a job interview and that in some cases a decision is made in the first five minutes. That’s why we are encouraged to give a nice big smile, making our face open and approachable. Well, think on if you’ve got teeth like a ...
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Tags: Preparing for a job interview, what to wear to a job interview
We’ve all heard that first impressions count in a job interview and that in some cases a decision is made in the first five minutes. That’s why we are encouraged to give a nice big smile, making our face open and approachable. Well, think on if you’ve got teeth like a ...
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Tags: Preparing for a job interview, what to wear to a job interview
40% of unemployed under 25
You’d be forgiven for thinking that academic David Blanchflower is a character in a Tom Hanks film. In fact he passing himself off as the prophet of doom for the Bank of England. As President Will Smith announces a Zimbabwean £345bn bail-out package in the USA, Blanchflower says our government ...
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Tags: Career Advice, construction and building, job hunting in a recession
You’d be forgiven for thinking that academic David Blanchflower is a character in a Tom Hanks film. In fact he passing himself off as the prophet of doom for the Bank of England. As President Will Smith announces a Zimbabwean £345bn bail-out package in the USA, Blanchflower says our government ...
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Tags: Career Advice, construction and building, job hunting in a recession
Sexy pants mean money - and therefore careers
People say to me “Boss Hanson, where sir can I look for some good news in this recession?” And I say, “Knickers.” Swanky panty lingerie label Agent Provocateur has seen sales up 8% as people retreat to the bed room to feel good about themselves. Why even the current Mrs Hanson wears ...
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Tags: Careers in retail, Clothing and fashion, Retail
People say to me “Boss Hanson, where sir can I look for some good news in this recession?” And I say, “Knickers.” Swanky panty lingerie label Agent Provocateur has seen sales up 8% as people retreat to the bed room to feel good about themselves. Why even the current Mrs Hanson wears ...
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Tags: Careers in retail, Clothing and fashion, Retail
Business school proves women can save companies
When you look at the parade of crooks and arseholes that have been apologising for running their businesses and our country into the ground (I’m talking about you Sir Fred), I ask myself the same question I barked at my adopted son’s 21st birthday party last week: “where are all ...
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Tags: gender difference at work, graduat einterview talking point, Women and diversity in the workplace
When you look at the parade of crooks and arseholes that have been apologising for running their businesses and our country into the ground (I’m talking about you Sir Fred), I ask myself the same question I barked at my adopted son’s 21st birthday party last week: “where are all ...
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Tags: gender difference at work, graduat einterview talking point, Women and diversity in the workplace
Tuition Fees could be on the up
Apparently students are still too well off according to two thirds of vice-chancellors, so to help you out of your excess cash they want to raise tuition fees to between £4,000 and £20,000 per year. From this two thirds more than half want fees raised to at least £5,000 ...
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Tags: tuition fees, Universities, University
Apparently students are still too well off according to two thirds of vice-chancellors, so to help you out of your excess cash they want to raise tuition fees to between £4,000 and £20,000 per year. From this two thirds more than half want fees raised to at least £5,000 ...
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Tags: tuition fees, Universities, University
Monster Index shows first growth in vacancies for 4 months
Activity in online recruitment had been shrinking for four months straight, so its good news for all of us that the jobs market began to expand again in February, according to the Monster Employment Index. The study claimed ‘significant' increases in job opportunities in the education, training, library, consultancy, HR ...
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Tags: graduate and student job seeking, Graduate job search
Activity in online recruitment had been shrinking for four months straight, so its good news for all of us that the jobs market began to expand again in February, according to the Monster Employment Index. The study claimed ‘significant' increases in job opportunities in the education, training, library, consultancy, HR ...
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Tags: graduate and student job seeking, Graduate job search
Advanced Diplomas have image problem with teachers
A survey of 1,300 had found that 70% of teachers do not think the new school Diplomas are a suitable qualification for students going on to university – confirming that the qualifications are subject to a bit of an image crisis. The new qualifications have been proposed as an alternative ...
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Tags: diplomas to university, qualifications to university, Teaching
A survey of 1,300 had found that 70% of teachers do not think the new school Diplomas are a suitable qualification for students going on to university – confirming that the qualifications are subject to a bit of an image crisis. The new qualifications have been proposed as an alternative ...
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Tags: diplomas to university, qualifications to university, Teaching
Advice and perspective on current graduate job market
The BBC are covering the graduate slump nicely and have posted up a Q&A session on the topic. Here’s a synopsis: • What we’re seeing now is reminiscent of the early 1980s, '90s and in 2002/3 (the dot com bust), according to Graduate Prospects. • Don’t panic – there are still jobs out there, ...
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Tags: Advice for graduates looking for a job; advice on how t
The BBC are covering the graduate slump nicely and have posted up a Q&A session on the topic. Here’s a synopsis: • What we’re seeing now is reminiscent of the early 1980s, '90s and in 2002/3 (the dot com bust), according to Graduate Prospects. • Don’t panic – there are still jobs out there, ...
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Tags: Advice for graduates looking for a job; advice on how t
UK universities begin to feel pinch of recession…
Where’s the best place to hide from a recession? In further education of course! Sit back for a couple more years in digs reading Proust and listening to Radiohead until it all blows over. Not any more: Our Universities could be in serious financial trouble if foreign students decide they ...
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Tags: education and teaching, overseas students to UK universities, Unviersity funding
Where’s the best place to hide from a recession? In further education of course! Sit back for a couple more years in digs reading Proust and listening to Radiohead until it all blows over. Not any more: Our Universities could be in serious financial trouble if foreign students decide they ...
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Tags: education and teaching, overseas students to UK universities, Unviersity funding
Student grant company lose contract to Capita
There’s a recession on and those companies and employers that don’t pull their socks up are going to lose their pants. Just so in the case of Liberata – the company behind student maintenance allowances, who have botched the delivery of those grants; thousands of students are still waiting for ...
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Tags: Banking and Finance, graduate job opportunities at Capita, student loans and grants, Student money
There’s a recession on and those companies and employers that don’t pull their socks up are going to lose their pants. Just so in the case of Liberata – the company behind student maintenance allowances, who have botched the delivery of those grants; thousands of students are still waiting for ...
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Tags: Banking and Finance, graduate job opportunities at Capita, student loans and grants, Student money
Employers will see skills, not just degree
We saw this coming and behold, a new university scheme will allow employers to attract talent to their organisation based on skills rather than a generic degree classification. The launch of The Higher Education and Achievement Record (HEAR) means 18 UK universities will be able to list students' marks in ...
Friday, October 24th, 2008
Tags: degree verses work experience, student placement experience, training and placements, University degree rating
We saw this coming and behold, a new university scheme will allow employers to attract talent to their organisation based on skills rather than a generic degree classification. The launch of The Higher Education and Achievement Record (HEAR) means 18 UK universities will be able to list students' marks in ...
Friday, October 24th, 2008
Tags: degree verses work experience, student placement experience, training and placements, University degree rating
Welsh Unis lose money to Iceland banks
Aberystwyth University has confirmed that it had £4 million tied up in the Icelandic banking collapse. The university is one of three Welsh higher education institutions with a combined £8.1 million exposed to the crisis – these included Glyndwr Uni, Britain’s newest. A spokeswoman for the University of Wales said ...
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Tags: Aberystwyth University, Glyndwr Uni, Iceland banking collapse, Unversity of Wales
Aberystwyth University has confirmed that it had £4 million tied up in the Icelandic banking collapse. The university is one of three Welsh higher education institutions with a combined £8.1 million exposed to the crisis – these included Glyndwr Uni, Britain’s newest. A spokeswoman for the University of Wales said ...
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Tags: Aberystwyth University, Glyndwr Uni, Iceland banking collapse, Unversity of Wales
NUS calls for Student Loans for Post Grads
The NUS has questioned by Student Loans are only available to undergraduates, claiming that post grads could do with the same financial leg up. No kidding! Postgrad loans charge interest on the money you borrow at somewhere around 12% (and set to rise…) In contrast, undergraduate loans from the government ...
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Tags: financial advice, Funding, loans, Money, NUS advice, student funding
The NUS has questioned by Student Loans are only available to undergraduates, claiming that post grads could do with the same financial leg up. No kidding! Postgrad loans charge interest on the money you borrow at somewhere around 12% (and set to rise…) In contrast, undergraduate loans from the government ...
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Tags: financial advice, Funding, loans, Money, NUS advice, student funding
What price a uni education? Free to armed forces
Reports abound (in The News of the World, mind you) that service personnel (squadies) are to be given university education free of charge after they end their duty with the armed forces. Six years service in the Army, Royal Navy or RAF and you’re on. The government will pay tuition ...
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Tags: Armed Forces careers, degrees, Money, Security, Talking point, uni fees, Universities
Reports abound (in The News of the World, mind you) that service personnel (squadies) are to be given university education free of charge after they end their duty with the armed forces. Six years service in the Army, Royal Navy or RAF and you’re on. The government will pay tuition ...
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Tags: Armed Forces careers, degrees, Money, Security, Talking point, uni fees, Universities
Boy gets £2m as Visa cards go to 11 year-olds
A week after it was revealed that Lloyds TSB had been sending Visa-enabled debit cards to children as young as eleven, without parental permission, a student of 16 had a surprise with his new Visa Electron card. An error surrounding the card put £2m into his cash account. Elated, William ...
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Tags: accounting, Banking, Currys, DSG, Interview, Money, Talking point, Visa
A week after it was revealed that Lloyds TSB had been sending Visa-enabled debit cards to children as young as eleven, without parental permission, a student of 16 had a surprise with his new Visa Electron card. An error surrounding the card put £2m into his cash account. Elated, William ...
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Tags: accounting, Banking, Currys, DSG, Interview, Money, Talking point, Visa
Ted Baker wins out by doing things “his” way
Here’s a boss: Ray Kelvin invented the brand Ted Baker in 1998 (would you wear “Ray Kelvin” clothes?!) He’s something of a maverick: if you’re late for a meeting he’ll make you do ten press ups; he will only be photographed with his face partially covered; and he refuses to ...
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Tags: design, fashion, Growth, High Street, job opportunities, menswear, Retail, Seeing the World, Zara
Here’s a boss: Ray Kelvin invented the brand Ted Baker in 1998 (would you wear “Ray Kelvin” clothes?!) He’s something of a maverick: if you’re late for a meeting he’ll make you do ten press ups; he will only be photographed with his face partially covered; and he refuses to ...
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Tags: design, fashion, Growth, High Street, job opportunities, menswear, Retail, Seeing the World, Zara
Education firm turn down £180m
Ford Anglia, I mean, Nord Anglia Education has a lot of faith in itself: The firm that runs British style schools in Europe and Asia has turned down a private equity bid to take it over – valued at nearly £180m. The Burton-on-Trent based firm felt the offer did not ...
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Tags: career opportunities, education, expansion, Jobs, overseas, Seeing the World, Teaching
Ford Anglia, I mean, Nord Anglia Education has a lot of faith in itself: The firm that runs British style schools in Europe and Asia has turned down a private equity bid to take it over – valued at nearly £180m. The Burton-on-Trent based firm felt the offer did not ...
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Tags: career opportunities, education, expansion, Jobs, overseas, Seeing the World, Teaching
iTunes used to spread the (lecture) love
Dr Dre? BA Robertson? Dr Feelgood? Oh, please yourself! Educational content is already available in the United States through the non-charging "iTunes U" section of the Apple downloading service and now University College London, the Open University and Trinity College Dublin are also putting lectures onto iTunes. The initial offerings ...
Friday, June 6th, 2008
Tags: Apple, Cool Brand, education, Higher Education, iTunes, Music industry, University
Dr Dre? BA Robertson? Dr Feelgood? Oh, please yourself! Educational content is already available in the United States through the non-charging "iTunes U" section of the Apple downloading service and now University College London, the Open University and Trinity College Dublin are also putting lectures onto iTunes. The initial offerings ...
Friday, June 6th, 2008
Tags: Apple, Cool Brand, education, Higher Education, iTunes, Music industry, University
Companies look overseas for Maths graduates
On average, holders of an A level in maths earn 10% cent more (£136,000) over a lifetime than those without it. Now I have your attention, consider the report written by a think tank called Reform into the decline of standards in maths education in the UK and found that ...
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Tags: A-level, education, employability, GCSE, job opportunities, maths, Qualifications
On average, holders of an A level in maths earn 10% cent more (£136,000) over a lifetime than those without it. Now I have your attention, consider the report written by a think tank called Reform into the decline of standards in maths education in the UK and found that ...
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Tags: A-level, education, employability, GCSE, job opportunities, maths, Qualifications
White? Middle-class? Female? You’re hired.
White, middle-class women have the best chance of getting top degrees at Universities. Women out perform men in almost every subject with 59% of firsts and 2:1s going to women last year. The gap is widest in courses such as biological science and education (and map-reading?). The research by the ...
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Tags: graduate prospects, Jobs for women, lifestyle, University, World of work
White, middle-class women have the best chance of getting top degrees at Universities. Women out perform men in almost every subject with 59% of firsts and 2:1s going to women last year. The gap is widest in courses such as biological science and education (and map-reading?). The research by the ...
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Tags: graduate prospects, Jobs for women, lifestyle, University, World of work
Business woos Hollyoaks
A committee of education and business leaders has considered approaching the writers of Hollyoaks, in an effort to raise interest in Diplomas by trying to insert the qualification into the plot lines of the ludicrous soap opera. The minutes of the meeting shows calls for "imaginative communications strategy, for example ...
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Tags: brands, Communications, Marketing, Placements, training and placements, TV, Vocational Experience
A committee of education and business leaders has considered approaching the writers of Hollyoaks, in an effort to raise interest in Diplomas by trying to insert the qualification into the plot lines of the ludicrous soap opera. The minutes of the meeting shows calls for "imaginative communications strategy, for example ...
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Tags: brands, Communications, Marketing, Placements, training and placements, TV, Vocational Experience
Tesco makes it onto GCSE syllabus
The impact of Tesco on local high streets is to become part of the syllabus in a modern "make-over" for GCSE geography - which will include the influence of retail giants and climate change. Tesco's expansion has drawn criticism from those who fear that it threatens the diversity of local, ...
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Tags: Public Sector, Retail, Supermarkets, Teaching
The impact of Tesco on local high streets is to become part of the syllabus in a modern "make-over" for GCSE geography - which will include the influence of retail giants and climate change. Tesco's expansion has drawn criticism from those who fear that it threatens the diversity of local, ...
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Tags: Public Sector, Retail, Supermarkets, Teaching
Get a degree in selling beds.
Our pals at Bucks New University in High Wycombe have made headlines by offering a retail management foundation degree developed in partnership with bed company Dreams - the kind of collaboration between industry and higher education the government wants to encourage (like the McDonald's A-Level). The first course begins in mid-April, with ...
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Tags: Retail
Our pals at Bucks New University in High Wycombe have made headlines by offering a retail management foundation degree developed in partnership with bed company Dreams - the kind of collaboration between industry and higher education the government wants to encourage (like the McDonald's A-Level). The first course begins in mid-April, with ...
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Tags: Retail
Ryaniar unrepentant over "irresponsible" schoolgirl ad
Ryanair has been asked to withdraw an ad that features a young woman in schoolgirl uniform as it may offend by linking teenage girls with sexually provocative behaviour. Did they miss this weeks news that sex education is start as young as aged nine?! True to form, the budget airline ...
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Tags: airline, ASA
Ryanair has been asked to withdraw an ad that features a young woman in schoolgirl uniform as it may offend by linking teenage girls with sexually provocative behaviour. Did they miss this weeks news that sex education is start as young as aged nine?! True to form, the budget airline ...
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Tags: airline, ASA
The founding father of cheap flights dies
Tony Ryan, the founder of Europe's largest low-cost airline, died yesterday at his home in Co Kildare aged 71 (that's no age). He established Ryanair 23 years ago with a 15-seat aircraft flying from south-east Ireland to Gatwick, now it carries 52 million passengers a year. Ryan was a generous ...
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Tony Ryan, the founder of Europe's largest low-cost airline, died yesterday at his home in Co Kildare aged 71 (that's no age). He established Ryanair 23 years ago with a 15-seat aircraft flying from south-east Ireland to Gatwick, now it carries 52 million passengers a year. Ryan was a generous ...
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
UK students laziest in Europe. Result!
A paper by the Higher Education Policy Institute has claimed that British students work less hours than their European counterparts, with media studies courses generating less than 20 hours study a week. On average students in the UK recieve 14 hours tuition a week and work for about 12 hours ...
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
A paper by the Higher Education Policy Institute has claimed that British students work less hours than their European counterparts, with media studies courses generating less than 20 hours study a week. On average students in the UK recieve 14 hours tuition a week and work for about 12 hours ...
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
HSBC Feels the Power of Facebook
Anyone at HSBC wondering "What's Facebook all about" is finding out fast. Students have organised a protest against higher bank charges on the Social Networking site, threatening to boycott HSBC in response to their plan to scrap a three-year interest-free overdraft deal for graduate accounts. Oh well, its only ...
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Anyone at HSBC wondering "What's Facebook all about" is finding out fast. Students have organised a protest against higher bank charges on the Social Networking site, threatening to boycott HSBC in response to their plan to scrap a three-year interest-free overdraft deal for graduate accounts. Oh well, its only ...
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
