An apprenticeship is the best of both worlds for those who are looking for their next step. Not only can you undergo training, learn new skills, and grab a qual...
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 ...
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...
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...
Everyone has to make big decisions, it’s just a part of life, like eating or breathing, it’s something we all have to do. Some of us are even asked to make big ...
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...
In many ways, I felt like my whole life was a build-up, a slow crescendo to the final resting point of education. If failure had occurred before, future endeavo...
It's that time of the half decade again here in the UK, the time of the General Election where those of voting age are given the option to vote on who they want...
We all heard Jeremy Clarkson's name in the newspapers and the news for weeks over the "fracas" with the Top Gear producer in March 2015 when he launched a seemi...
These days, it seems like everyone has the travel bug. More and more young people are signing up for trips around the world, whether it's disappearing to Austra...
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...
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...
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...
"There is no great genius without a mixture of madness" - Aristotle
This one is going to be a sane one. I’ll admit that the last two were a little out of the...
Tina Fey's autobiography Bossypants is a very self-deprecating extremely funny book. What sets Bossypants apart from other autobiographies is the humo...
For many students, getting into university is a challenge. On top of having to meet course entry requirements, there is also the whole attending of countless op...
Many people reading this will be trying to fill a spare hour in their day, or taking a break from lengthy assignments whilst sitting in a grotty chair...
Volunteering is awesome and if you’re a student you should really think about getting involved – particularly if you’re finding that your studies aren’t taking ...
Music is many things, including - yet by no means limited to - amazing, exciting, moving and powerful. Subsequently, everyone who enjoys music can attest to tha...
YouTube. "That site with funny videos on the internet". Or is it that anymore?
When I was a kid growing up, I knew what YouTube was. Every kid did. But it wa...
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 ...
Without a win in the premier league this season, Newcastle have only managed a fairly poor 3 draws from 5 premier league games this season. With all the negativ...
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...
Robin Williams' career spanned for over 30 years. He was a renaissance man, an unconventional soul with palpable authentic sentiment; beginning his creative car...
It has been quite a heart breaking week (and I am not talking about the Scottish remaining in the UK!), since my most recent flame has now been distinguished, t...
