Starting A Side Hustle: Brilliant Business Ideas for Students

Social StudentApril 5, 2023

If there’s one thing that’s synonymous with students, it’s not having much money in your back pocket. With so much of your time spent in classrooms and studying...

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4 Skills You Need to Excel as a Personal Trainer

Social StudentOctober 20, 2020

If you’re currently considering a career as a personal trainer, you likely already have an interest in fitness and enjoy working with other people. However, if ...

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5 of the Best Job Industries for London’s Students

Social StudentAugust 1, 2018

Whether you’re hoping to gain some experience in a field that you plan to one day work full-time in, or you are hoping to earn some extra cash while completing ...

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Where to go after education? Career opportunities

Social StudentJuly 23, 2015

After studying long and hard through mandatory education, you’re faced with a tough initial choice. Do you continue to study or head off into the world of emp...

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A Pen, A Pen! My Sandwich For A Pen!

Owain ReedJune 3, 2015

The first bit of advice I want to impart is simple. When it comes to qualifications, do something vocational. Have a career in mind, look at the things you need...

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Education Reform: The Problems with Employability

Jack CampbellApril 9, 2015

Out of GCSE’s, A-Levels, NVQ’s, City & Guilds, apprenticeships, volunteer work, full-time employment, and university degrees, which would you say is the mos...

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The Younger Generation: Where is it going wrong?

MazMarch 29, 2015

I remember watching a TV programme based around how our generation has landed into chaotic financial times and why we tend to rely on our parents for a little f...

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The J Word

JayneMarch 16, 2015

It’s that one word that makes us moan and groan about having one or not having one. It brings a cuss word on Monday mornings and makes you feel like you deserve...

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A Clink In The Armour

Owain ReedFebruary 20, 2015

I was recently trying to find a decent restaurant to take my girlfriend to on Valentine’s Day. On previous experience of finding a new restaurant, taking a quic...

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‘No Experience Necessary’ – Really?

MazJanuary 24, 2015

As we continue to linger just beyond the border of recession, people are still suffering in the aftermath of the destruction. The victims of cut hours, redundan...

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The Bottomless Pit of Job Searching

TaylormarieJOctober 31, 2014

Gone are the days where you could literally walk into a job – cross the threshold of your corner shop, enquire if they have any part time work and be hired on t...

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3 sectors within finance you may not have known existed

Nike AkintokunOctober 1, 2014

So many of us saw the thrilling movie The Wolf of Wall Street and if you didn't, go and buy it now! If like me you instantly began envisioning yourself as a ...

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Just a Degree or Wild at Heart?

TomStoneSeptember 20, 2014

As a teenager I left school twice, once at 16 to go Sixth Form College, and once at 18 to go to university, and I encountered many different teachers who asked ...

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The summer of a student turned job seeker…

SamwinSeptember 19, 2014

So you have spent the past so many years studying, sweating and most likely if you are anything like me that is, sobbing over your studies, but all your hard wo...

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3 ways volunteering with the Army Cadet Force can help your CV stand out

Social StudentAugust 5, 2014

The graduate job market is as competitive as ever, so it is essential to have something to distinguish you from other candidates. Your CV is the first connectio...

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Top 5 interview hacks for when you graduate

Social StudentJuly 4, 2014

Interviews always feel like an assessment, it’s almost as if your whole life is condensed into a small interval. Let’s not forget the nerves and the anticipatio...

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Waiter Woes..

JohnCarvinJanuary 7, 2014

I’m fairly new to the whole waiting on game, having worked in one restaurant since July. And it’s fair to say that I love the job, I’m one of those ‘people pers...

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Studying midwifery: Is it really for you?

Social StudentNovember 11, 2013

If the thought of bringing new life into the world as a job appeals to you, it's time to take a closer look at a career in midwifery. We guide you through what ...

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How to survive bar-work as a student

Social StudentAugust 22, 2013

Life is rough for students. We're always close to broke, but because of lectures and seminars, we don't have time to take up weekday jobs in term time (or most ...

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The Scourge of an Unemployed Student in Summer

Social StudentAugust 10, 2013

As my fresher’s year approached its inevitable conclusion I began to realise it was time to return to the real world. The fun was over – for at least a few mont...

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So who gets a job first – 2.1 or 2.2? You might be surprised…

Social StudentAugust 9, 2013

I was really excited the last week; I’d decided that I was going to buy a lottery ticket for the first time, and today was my lucky day. Back at home, I sat the...

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The European Union: In or Out?

maevealice25July 1, 2013

  The May 2013 local elections saw a severe upheaval of political normality with the UK Independence Party winning 25 per cent of the country’s vote. Ma...

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The death of Arts and Humanities 101

Marcus JohnsonMay 29, 2013

A recent survey conducted by “Which?” and “The Higher Education Policy Institute” has recently suggested that almost one in three first year students don’t beli...

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Cracking the Code

Marcus JohnsonApril 27, 2013

As you may have seen fairly recently, there has been a Youtube video sweeping the web starring some big names such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and of course ...

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The Skype hype

writergirlOctober 17, 2012

When you are applying for a job a number of things can stand in the way between you as an applicant and you the employee. Be it personal statements, pre-job tes...

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An Idiot at Home

TravisOctober 12, 2012

Do you ever feel lost during conversations about far off travels or ancient awe inspiring monuments? If so then like me you may enjoy the journeys of Karl Pilki...

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Experience or Exploitation?

writergirlOctober 7, 2012

There's a common catch 22: you can't get work experience without prior experience and you can't get experience without work experience. In a world where youth u...

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Leather: Dare to Wear?

CaitlinSeptember 25, 2012

So I’ve just been taking a look at some of the trend updates for A/W, you know, the sort of magazine websites that claim to provide the top 10 inclinations of t...

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The Olympic Effect

Carmen GradwellJuly 30, 2012

I'm so skint right now I may as well dye my hair ginger and call myself a Weasley. Jobs are few and far between and although unemployment rates have dropped, th...

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Is a degree really worth it?

Carmen GradwellJuly 12, 2012

"Todays students are tomorrows Leaders"   Erm yeah...if you're lucky enough to have parents bank rolling your education. Now, I'm not getting well jel ove...

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