Whether you have just finished your A Levels or graduated from university and are looking for voluntary experience in your gap year, Barnardo’s Pathway Volunteer Scheme is the one for you! Being a Pathway Volunteer at Barnardo’s will give you the opportunity to develop your existing skills as well as gain new ones and vital work experience at one of the UK’s leading children’s charities!
The scheme is a 12 week voluntary placement which runs in one of Barnardo’s offices, children’s services or retail outlets. We offer a variety of placements including: Fundraising Marketing, Events, Policy and Research, Media and many, many more! As well as being based in our Head Office in Barkingside we have a number of opportunities in our Regional and National Offices across the UK. Read More »
Notgoingtouni.co.uk are backing Lord Digby Jones in his call for a rethink to university focus. Lord Jones, the ex-Director General of the CBI, believes that people need to get out of the mindset that you can only succeed by going to university which is our core message at notgoingtouni.
With undergraduate applications to start university this September up by 12%, UCAS predicting 200,000 young people will be unable to attend university and an average of 70 graduates applying for each graduate level job, it has never been more important for people to look into the alternatives and realise that a successful career can be achieved without attending a full time campus based university degree course. Lord Jones believes that we need more young people working towards a vocational training course or work based learning option, rather than believing that they are a failure if they do not follow the tradition route of going to university Read More »
University is not the right option for everyone and the majority of school and college leavers are not properly informed about the alternative options to the traditional university route. With UCAS predicting over 200,000 students not getting a place at university this September and these numbers looking set to continue to rise plus the average student debt already reaching £20,000 taking an average of 11 years to pay off its time to look at the alternatives.
Notgoingtouni.co.uk have created an online ‘Distance Learning Guide’ which aims to show young people that there are alternative routes to obtaining a degree and other valuable qualifications which can be studied at their own pace and around their lifestyle. Distance learning is a much cheaper way to achieve a degree than full time campus based study and in some cases you can even graduate debt free. Read More »
Erik Lorincz, from the Connaught Hotel in Mayfair London has been named the winner of the Diageo 2010 “World Class Bartender of the Year” competition
Having won the UK heats in June, Erik took on 23 others in a four day final based in Athens. Erik battled against his competitors in a number of challenges that included, a speed test, food matching, product and cocktail knowledge and creating classic cocktails.
Erik trained with Shaker BarSchools, taking an International Bartenders Course under the instruction of Shaker’s Founder; and author of Professional Bartending; Adam Freeth. Read More »
..AS PART OF £21M CAMPAIGN TO INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE
The Co-operative Group today (19 July) launched a £21m campaign to inspire young people including an ambitious new Apprenticeship Academy that will eventually offer all young staff transferrable skills, competences and qualifications – not just a job.
The new Co-operative Apprenticeship Academy is a key element of The Co-operative’s multi-faceted campaign, created to help reverse the negative image and treatment of those aged 25 and under and support their future life goals and ambitions. Read More »
Are you 16-18 years old?
Do you have a passion?
Have you got an idea of how to turn that passion into a business?
If the answer to these questions is yes then Make Your Passion Happen is for you.
What’s your passion?
You know what you love. You know what your passion is. At the National Enterprise Academy we believe that the best entrepreneurs are the ones who listen to that passion and transform it into their future. That’s why we’re teaming up with Grant Thornton to give at young people the chance to take the first steps towards their future.
The Competition
Whatever you’re passionate about; whether it’s music, sport, fashion, technology or something else, if you can tell us how you would turn that passion into an idea for a business then you could win Breakfast with Dragon’s Den star Peter Jones and other exciting prizes. You can enter on your own or in groups of up to 3 people.
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The Fashion Retail Academy Awards Ceremony was attended by its Sponsors and retail industry big hitters – Sir Philip Green (Arcadia), Sir Stuart Rose (M&S), Terry Green (Tesco) and Andrew Varley (Next), along with many other business leaders in the fashion retail industry.Special guest Lisa Snowden, who wore a beautiful cream M&S dress from their Autumn collection, presented two prizes, the most Committed Student of the Year Award was presented to Toby Milroy who has studied at the Academy for three years – a very popular choice with the students! Read More »
COLLEGE OPEN DAY:
Oxford: August 15th; Glasgow, Liverpool & London campuses: August 22nd
If you’re passionate about music, film, or design, then earning a Degree with SAE and starting a challenging and rewarding career in media production is right for you. Register online to attend the next SAE Open Day taking place at all four UK campuses: Glasgow, Liverpool, London, and Oxford.
What can I study with SAE Institute?
SAE offers 2-year Degree, and 1-year Diploma Programmes in:
- Audio Engineering
- Film Production
- 3D Animation
- Digital Journalism
- Music Business
- Web Design and Development
- Game Design and Development Read More »
With brand names including Lynx, Dove, Pepperami, Ben & Jerry’s and PG Tips, there’s a good chance you eat, drink or apply a Unilever product most days of the week. And you wouldn’t be alone. 150 million times a day, someone somewhere chooses a product that was made by us.
It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, then, to learn that we’re one of the world’s most successful consumer goods companies. A company that likes to raise the bar at everything we do. The skills of our Research & Development teams are no exception, which is why we’re offering a four-year apprenticeship programme, which will lead to a career that allows you to be involved in the whole product lifecycle from start to finish, while working with a diverse group of people.
The programme, which starts in September 2010, will have a blend of studying academic learning modules within a college environment as well as developing technical/occupational skills through ‘on-the-job’ training. Read More »
With the graduate market tougher than ever, surely it is now time for young people to be told about the many different ways that they can achieve their career goals?
The intensity of the graduate job market has taken a dramatic turn today, with research showing that three quarters of employers require a 2.1 degree grade as a minimum requirement for a graduate job. This startling revelation shows that graduates achieving below a 2.1 qualification will not even be considered for the position by a large number of employers.
Today’s report has also shown that the average number of applicants chasing a graduate position has reached a record high with 69 people applying for each role. With this market becoming more competitive, and the number of vacancies dropping by 7%, there has never been a better time for young people to find out more about the alternative ways that they can get the successful career they desire. Read More »
