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Our Tour to the West!Our tour westwards began in fine style with a real truckers breakfast at the Rumblin Tums Cafe en route! Ali was pretty reluctant to go in but was soon happy with my decision after tucking into a greasy bacon bap at half 7 on a Monday morning… We arrived at the lovely green Cheltenham campus…
The day we ‘met’ Gordon!Last Thursday Ali and I were invited to the Catalyst Awards which are designed to recognise and reward businesses that help social communities by using social technology. Slightly confused? So were we to be honest(!), but we thought we’d go along anyways! The more people we chatted to, the more fantastic websites and unique ideas…
3rd stop – The University of HuddersfieldAn early start from Leeds but a relatively painless journey to Huddersfield, apart from a £53.24 petrol stop. We had a double reason to be in Huddersfield as we had arranged 2 meetings with the placement officers from the Business School and the department of Computing and Engineering. We were pleasantly surprised by what we…
2nd stop – Leeds Metropolitan UniversityNext stop was a two mile drive out of the city centre to the Headingley Campus of Leeds Met, we made slow progress but for a change, we weren’t late. En route the clouds disappeared and the sun shone even brighter as we returned to the location of our first university meeting around 13 months…
Our tour of the North-West! 1st stop – The University of Leeds3 weeks after our tour of 9 universities in the Midlands, Ali and I embarked on our next tour of universities, this time to universities in the north west of England! First stop was the University of Leeds and after a clean run up the M1 we arrived 2 hours early – the kind of…
More HMV Vouchers up for grabs?!Due to the success of our £1,500 HMV voucher giveaway we have decided to extend it over the summer and we now have a further £1,000 in vouchers to be given out to students throughout the UK! There’s no catch – leave a review of your experiences on placement or internship, with additional comments, and…
Our tour of the Midlands begins!This week Ali and myself shall be touring the Midlands meeting more university staff than we actually did during our combined 8 years at university! Throw in a couple of meetings with work placement employers and the grand total reaches 13 meetings in this short 4 day week… Not a bad start to our lives…
Spare Room Start Up…Last night Ali and I went to a book launch for Emma Jones’ new book entitled Spare Room Start Up… “A book launch?!” I hear you say? “You’re 23, a year out of uni and you go to book launches?!”… Well yes that is true, but if there’s free champagne and the opportunity to network,…
What is the best way to find a placement?According to our most recent Poll, 48% of you believe Placement Office’s are the best route to finding a placement. 43% believe the Internet is a better medium and 10% see Press/publication (i.e. magazine) is the best. Do you agree?
Do internships widen the skills gap when only the privileged have access to them?Do you think only those with money in the family have the chance to undertake an internship, or do you feel anyone can? Regardless of their background?
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