Eight young people from Dorset have been named the winners of The Brathay Apprentice Challenge’ and given the title of ‘Apprentice team of the year’, the team came from aerospace firm Cobham. Read More
Decades ago, if a student needed to find some information in order for him or her to complete assignments, coursework and essays, the closest form of research they’d get to were books from the library. Read More
Every year when the UCAS applications cycle opens, many students in further education are put under a lot of pressure by parents and teachers to apply to go to university straight after they receive their A Level results. Read More
World leading HR service group Penna is launching its first graduate and apprenticeship scheme, the ‘Penna Development Programme’, which will provide two graduates and two apprentices the unique opportunity to embark on an eighteen month programme being placed into various areas of the services offered by Penna. Read More
Whether its a cinema treat, a summer sweet, an afternoon delight, or a late evening indulgence, students show that when it comes to Ben & Jerry’s there’s always a flavour! Read More
There are quite a number of students on The Student Room who are applying to study a degree in Journalism (entry 2012), so one student, who goes by the username Fruitcake_OX, has decided to start a Read More
Pearson owned Zenos IT training provider, that runs thousands of apprenticeship programmes yearly, has notified 300 candidates, scheduled to start their apprenticeship placement in early January, that they will no longer begin as planned. Read More
We would all like to believe that students choose to go to university to study a degree that leads them into a career of their choice, or at least to further themselves academically in a specific subject of their choice. Read More
Hesa statistics reveal that 53,215 (one in six) graduates were awarded with a first class degree last summer. A 5% fall in undergraduate enrolment has been reported this year with a total of a 1% fall in UK students enrolled at UK universities. Read More
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History Degree – “Worthwhile not Worthless”
Traditional subjects, particularly Science and Mathematics, are viewed as highly ‘respectable’ subjects to study at degree level as they are more likely to lead into employment after graduation. Particularly when one of the most important factors Read More »