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Five minutes with the employer – East One Partnership

Continuing the teaching theme from last week’s post, this week we speak to Iqra Bibi, who represented East One Partnership at the recent Teaching Fair on campus, and is currently…

Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 in Applications, career planning, employer insights, five minutes with the employer, graduate jobs, Skills, teaching

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Five minutes with the employer – BDAT

At the recent Teaching Careers Fair, we sat down with Katie Waring, Director of Professional and Career Development for Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT) to get her insights into the routes…

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022 in Applications, Bradford, career planning, employability, employer insights, Employers, five minutes with the employer, graduate jobs, resilience, teaching

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International exchange students photo competition winners 2022

Every year, we invite the international exchange students to enter our photo competition all about their time in Bradford. Each entrant is also asked to write a short testimonial to…

Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 in Case studies, Erasmus, ISEP, opportunities abroad, study abroad

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Careers review of the year 2021

It’s that time of year where we tend to feel reflective and take stock of the events, activities and achievements of the last year. It’s been another turbulent 12 months,…

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 in Applications, career planning, Careers Fair, Case studies, Opportunities, Part time jobs, Part Time Jobs Thursdays, Skills, Social Media, Students, Summer Experience, Work experience

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Five minutes with the employer – GXO Logistics

In the latest of our ‘Five minutes with the employer’ series, we talked with Ashley Cresswell, E-Commerce Team Manager at GXO to get his insights about the GXO grad scheme, the…

Wednesday, December 15th, 2021 in Applications, Be more than your degree, Careers Fair, covering letters, CVs, employer insights, five minutes with the employer, graduate jobs, Interviews, Opportunities, psychometric tests, selection tests

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Five minutes with the employer – Infinity Works

This week, another one of our quick interviews from the recent Graduate Jobs and Placements Fair where we caught up with Danielle Cooper, the Academy Manager at Infinity Works in…

Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 in Applications, CVs, employability, employer insights, five minutes with the employer, graduate jobs

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Five minutes with the employer – Ramsdens Solicitors

At the recent Graduate Jobs and Placements fair, we had the chance to sit down with a few more employers to get their insights into roles on offer and advice…

Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 in Be more than your degree, employer insights, Employers, five minutes with the employer, graduate jobs, Work experience

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Using Handshake Career Centre – 10 things you should be doing now

As you may have noticed, we’re now using Handshake as our jobs, appointments and events portal. There’s plenty to explore on there, so here’s our quick guide to making the…

Wednesday, October 13th, 2021 in Applications, CVs, handshake career centre, networking, Opportunities

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We’re back on campus! What to expect from Careers this year…

Fingers crossed, the worst of the pandemic is over and we can start the 21/22 academic year optimistically. We’re certainly excited in Careers, as we’re back on campus in a…

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021 in Build My Career, career planning, Careers Fair, CVs, handshake career centre

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Graduating students – here’s our gift to you!

Congratulations for completing your studies! Graduation is a big milestone in your life and a culmination of a lot of hard work (and the last year and a half have…

Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 in Build My Career, graduate jobs, Graduation, Job seeking

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My lockdown story – Chukwuemeka Nwachukwu

This week’s post comes from Chukwuemeka Nwachukwu, studying for a Master’s in Applied Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics. Originally from Nigeria, here he describes how he’s settled into life in Bradford in…

Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 in Case studies, my lockdown story, Postgraduate study, resilience

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Graduating students – it’s decision time! (but don’t worry – we’re here to help…)

For our latest post, Career Consultant Hermione Berry has some words of advice for students graduating this summer… If you are about to graduate, then you are probably having to…

Friday, July 16th, 2021 in Build My Career, career planning, graduate jobs, Graduation, Motivation, Opportunities, Postgraduate study

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