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The Most Competitive Industries For Graduates

Social StudentSeptember 2, 2016

If you have graduated recently, or you are ready to take on your third year and are thinking about what will be coming next it can be a daunting prospect - espe...

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Choosing A Career For Yourself as a student

Social StudentNovember 10, 2015

When it comes to choosing a career for yourself, the most important thing is clarity. Once your are clear about what you want to achieve, you will pave your lif...

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Things I have learnt while travelling…

StephAugust 27, 2015

So I’ve just come back from another big trip and having previously written about the joys of travel, I decided to write about some of the things I have learnt d...

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Things to do in your final term!

StephMay 7, 2015

Congratulations on making it to the end of your final year! Not long now til you’re in your graduation gown with the degree you’ve worked so hard for firmly in ...

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The Curious Case Of The Backwards Generation: Educating Britain?

SamwinDecember 14, 2014

In the papers today leapt out a headline: Two in three bright pupils go backwards at secondary school: High-achievers find themselves repeating topics and endur...

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‘Irish Alcoholism’ The Reason a Teacher Was Rejected in South Korea

Thomas QuinnNovember 11, 2014

A teacher from the Republic of Ireland has been turned down for a job in South Korea because of the “alcoholism nature” of Irish people. Katie Mulrennan, fro...

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Part-Time Further Studying: Pros and Cons

Barry QuinnOctober 22, 2014

I am currently four weeks into my new course, an MA in Creative Writing. Undertaking it on a part-time basis, I have found the experience of postgraduate study ...

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The graduate job search

Amy JohnsonOctober 5, 2014

You’re a graduate! With a degree tucked in your belt, you now begin looking for your first job in your chosen career path. Obviously you know how difficult the ...

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A Graduate Guide to the Career Path

laurachisholm1October 2, 2014

For many students (myself included), fitting in career-planning alongside the endless essays and exams can be extremely difficult. This may be why I graduated i...

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Life of a Graduate: The joys of jobseeking

Social StudentOctober 1, 2014

Let me introduce myself: call me Jack. I’m 22, recent graduate of a Russell Group university with a 2:1 in Modern Languages. I speak German and Spanish fluently...

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How helpful is social media in getting jobs

Madalina DichiuSeptember 29, 2014

We all love Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Myspace etc. and we love to use them all the time as our lives depend on this. Also, I know loads of you like to share...

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Young People in Low Paying Jobs

Thomas QuinnSeptember 15, 2014

The amount of workers between the ages of 21 and 30 in “low paying jobs” has tripled in the last 40 years. This is according to new research which is also helpi...

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Transitions

Lisha BSeptember 6, 2014

Handing in my dissertation was one of the happiest feelings and also, one of the saddest. Saying goodbye to Uni didn’t feel like a proper goodbye and yet, for t...

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Graduate Guide to being Unemployed.

AmritSeptember 6, 2014

It’s about that time again where Freshers are going shopping with Mum and Dad for tea-towels, cutlery and bed sheets, with a sneaky order of condoms on the side...

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5 things to do when you finish university (If you haven’t already)

Amy JohnsonSeptember 5, 2014

Apply, apply, and apply! Everyone knows how hard the job-market is right now so I won’t go on about that. But the more applications you send, the more likely...

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Graduation – this is some scary stuff

Social StudentSeptember 3, 2014

Sadly (devastatingly) I have come to the end of my time at University. So now the summer (and the time that I could kid myself I was busy because school kids we...

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The Struggles of a Graduate

S J WrightAugust 29, 2014

I don’t know about you, but for me, University acted as a comfort blanket. Every decision I made I justified with ‘It’s okay, I’m a student.’ I worked part time...

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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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Assessment Centre Blues #1 – The Group Exercise

Social StudentAugust 22, 2013

This is the first article in a quick series I’ll be writing over the coming weeks. As assessment centre designers we know that one of the hoops you’re likely to...

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The World’s End: The typical feelings of a recent graduate

Tia Pennant-LewisAugust 19, 2013

The World’s End. A rather appropriate title. The truth is, I was going to review it...that's kind of what I do. But I don't want to review this film because I h...

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P.U.B – can you guess?

writergirlSeptember 25, 2012

P.U.B, or Post.University.Blues as I like to call it. I apologise greatly if you have clicked on here thinking I was going to be writing about pubs, or some for...

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“What are you doing after University?”

writergirlJuly 12, 2012

So...you've done it. You've got the piece of paper proving three (minimum) years of hard work, essays, reports, presentations and hangovers. Instead of the gene...

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