5 of the Best Job Industries for London’s Students
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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The Most Competitive Industries For Graduates
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...
Brutality of the Welfare System
I have always been a supporter of the welfare system, and I have always been proud that Britain was a pioneer in ensuring that we protect and secure the safety ...
Where to go after education? Career opportunities
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...
A Pen, A Pen! My Sandwich For A Pen!
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...
Tackling Post Uni: The Dreaded Road To Adulthood
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...
Education Reform: The Problems with Employability
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...
The Younger Generation: Where is it going wrong?
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...
The J Word
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...
The student betrayal: Another nail in the Government’s vote for students?
In the headlines today came another government proposal from David Cameron and Nick Clegg’s respective parties. “End the £21,000 payment cut off for student loa...
How to survive that job interview?
We have all seen guides written by students and professionals alike; how to succeed in that job interview and tips to remember. There are however things that a ...
The trouble with travel: a costly journey?
It is a problem that can affect so many people; the cost of travel. For some, it can be something as simple as filling up the car with much needed fuel, or work...
‘No Experience Necessary’ – Really?
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...
10 Ways To Test If He’s Different From The Rest
After weeks of trashy telly, calorie consuming chocolate and affordable alcohol, you’ve lost all hope in ever recovering from the worst feeling imaginable - hea...
The Educated Generation: An Ongoing War?
The news reported this week that violent clashes took place as protestors arrived to march on Parliament to protest against the rising student fees in central L...
#CameronMustGo
Most of you will know that the hashtag #CameronMustGo has been trending on Twitter for three days straight. Every minute, at least 200 new tweets with the hasht...
Work starts on new Scottish blood centre
CONSTRUCTION started today on Scotland’s new national blood centre, part of the £4.5 billion project in Scotland. The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Ser...
Students. Will you stand and fight for a free education?
‘Tuition fees have failed. Student poverty and debt are getting worse’ This is only the first line of a medium sized leaflet handed out to me during a recent...
UKIP: The Bad Joke Which Get’s Worse
I would like to congratulate UKIP on their new MP to the House of parliament. Jolly good show lads, you have proven to be a nasty thorn in the sides to our thre...
The end of community spirit?
We have all probably been there. Our mothers and fathers, and most likely our grandparents and other relatives have told us about "when it was our day" and this...
The Sinister Side of the Benefit System
I know what you’re thinking! You’re about to read an article that you know will reach down into the very pit of your rationalism, as you’ve read many times befo...
How to make the most from your uni
When days go by so fast you don’t even realize the importance of uni and what you can actually learn for the future. You wake up, have your coffee, get dressed ...
The graduate job search
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 ...
The Benefit Freeze Proposal: Freezing your voters out?
A few days ago came the latest announcement from the Conservatives party: a two year freeze on working age benefits in the country if they are voted in once mor...
3 sectors within finance you may not have known existed
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 ...
India makes history with Mars Orbiter
India made history on Wednesday at 7.41am, local time when it became the first nation to successfully put a satellite into Mars orbit on first attempt, and the ...