Graduate Options
Studying in Europe: Channel hop for a Masters
Published: 05 October 2006
Business Masters: Get a sense of direction
Published: 05 October 2006
Graduate recruitment: Casting the net far and wide
Published: 05 October 2006
Why age discrimination laws will have an impact on how employers recruit from universities
Published: 05 October 2006
As of this month, it is illegal for employers to discriminate on the grounds of age. But before you stop reading (on the basis that this is an issue more likely to affect your mother or grandmother than you) consider this. It could be argued that graduate recruitment schemes discriminate against anyone who isn't in their early twenties. So will these traditional fast-track programmes become a thing of the past?
Patrick Johnson: Many recruiters have grasped the diveristy agenda, but others need to do more work
Published: 05 October 2006
In the last three years, there has been an increase in the number of graduate vacancies on offer. Last year saw a sharp rise in opportunities, with nearly 17 per cent more in 2006 than in 2005, according to the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), which represents more than 600 employers. Graduates of any discipline were welcome to apply for most positions; only 27 per cent of AGR employers surveyed stated that they preferred an applicant to have studied a particular degree subject.
Postgraduate Lives: Catheryn Cheetham, student at City University
Published: 14 September 2006
Postgraduate Lives: Naomi Hudson,student at Birmingham University
Published: 07 September 2006
MBA Accreditation: The right seal of approval
Published: 31 August 2006
Postgraduate Lives: Morgan Jones, PhD student of geology at Bristol University
Published: 31 August 2006
Postgraduate Lives: Gol McAdam, 64, is doing a creative writing MA at Manchester Metropolitan University
Published: 10 August 2006
MBA Flexible Programmes: The pick 'n' mix approach
Published: 27 July 2006
Business schools are finding it difficult to recruit students to their full-time MBA programmes. It's not just the price tag - which can be upwards of £18,000 for a 12-month course - that puts people off, but also the living costs that can deter would-be students.
Postgraduate Lives: Gavin Smith student at Aberdeen University
Published: 27 July 2006
Gavin Smith, 26, is writing a PhD on CCTV surveillance system operation, at the University of Aberdeen.
Postgraduate Lives: George Lewis, MBA student in Monaco
Published: 20 July 2006
Why the Bar needs to change
Published: 20 July 2006
Howard Davies: Why investment banks appeal to top graduates
Published: 13 July 2006
Peter Lampl's Sutton Trust caused a stir with its report pointing out that the proportion of Britain's top journalists - editors, columnists and the rest - who were educated privately is on the rise; 54 of the current top 100 went to public school, up from 49 20 years ago. At university level, Oxbridge continues to dominate; two-fifths of the editors went to Oxford, including those of the FT, New Statesman and Private Eye, though the editor of this organ went to Preston Poly, now embedded in the University of Central Lancashire.
Postgraduate Queries: Studying creative writing outside UK; translator opportunites
Published: 15 June 2006
The write stuff
Masters degrees in economics: How to be a leader of the future
Published: 15 June 2006
Postgraduate Lives: Monja Knoll, PhD student at Portsmouth University
Published: 15 June 2006
Teaching: attractive rewards, but it's about more than just the money
Published: 15 June 2006
Will my PhD help me to get a job?
Published: 15 June 2006
Oil and gas law: Roll up geologists and lawyers...
Published: 15 June 2006
Entrepreneurship: So, you want to be your own boss?
Published: 15 June 2006
Conservation careers: Changing with the tide
Published: 15 June 2006
Anne-Marie Martin: All the recruiters need is for students to forsake the World Cup for a few hours
Published: 15 June 2006
Pity the hapless graduate recruiter. They are faced with recruitment targets that are higher than ever. Their firms expect graduate recruits to be "work ready", full of appropriate skills, focused on their careers and willing and able to contribute immediately to the success of their organisation. This is a tall order when the sun is shining. Graduates are free at last from the rigours of study and are looking forward to their last long summer holiday. Many want to defer for as long as possible the evil day when their life in employment starts.
Careers in finance: A capital investment
Published: 15 June 2006
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