
I won’t sit down, I won’t shut up, and most of all I will not grow up!
Most students going into Higher Education follow a somewhat similar path. GCSEs at about 16, A-levels at about 18, perhaps a gap year and then on to University. It’s exciting…
Experience the real University of Bradford through students' eyes
Most students going into Higher Education follow a somewhat similar path. GCSEs at about 16, A-levels at about 18, perhaps a gap year and then on to University. It’s exciting…
This blog post is about my experience with an employer before getting my 12-month placement. My first ever assessment centre After the long haul process of an application form, online…
Welcome to STM (student midwife) in Mendoza, where I will document some of my experiences and observations of a three-week placement in the maternity wing of a large public hospital in…
The placement year or year in industry is often termed ‘The year long interview’ by students or employers themselves. Why a year long interview? Well keep reading on and you…
I think meeting employers at the careers fair was useful in some ways as I applied for a placement with an accounting firm there and got an interview with them….
The current job market is seriously scarce; it is almost impossible to get a job with 21% of graduates being unemployed once leaving university, check out this Guardian article. So…
I’m not here to lecture you about talking to strangers, I’m sure you got enough of that as a child. However sometimes in the workplace you can’t avoid it. Personally…
I’ve been selected to be part of a team who will organise the next Olympic games in the UK. Fantastic, I thought, but what do I know of how to…
With just less than 100 days to go to the London 2012 Games it’s starting to get interesting – especially for me as an engineering student and a sports fan….