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Insights into interview techniques for students.

Are you leaving university soon? Are you worried about how you're going to cope with the gruelling process of filling out job application forms and interviews? If so you're not alone, according to new research a lot of people stumble through the interview phase. A surprising four out of five confess to have cried, fallen over, spilt coffee on themselves or had a coughing fit during an interview - leaving a less than desirable first impression! Nearly two in five people also admit to lying in interviews and 18% have yawned their way through the process. A bold one in twenty have actually walked out mid-interview because they were less than impressed with the experience.

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Are you leaving school but want to start work and still study towards your degree? Or perhaps you want to pursue a two-year higher education programme which employers recognise around the world? Do you worry about leaving home and running up debts whilst studying? Maybe you are thinking over your options about what you want to study?

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School Sixth Form

After taking your GCSEs and completing Year 11 you might be thinking of continuing your education by staying on at school. Lots of schools have sixth forms and you don't have to have attended the school in Year 11 in order to join it.

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Step Into the NHS Web Chat: Its Much More Then Doctors and Nurses!

Teenagers urged that it’s much, much more than doctors and nurses

Chat date: Wednesday 27th June

Chat time: 1.00 pm

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Be Creative… With a Career in Art and Design

Working in the Creative Industries is a dynamic and wide ranging career choice with many exciting opportunities available ranging from Fine Arts in many media including Painting, Film and Video, Interactive Media, Sculpture and Performance to Design and Craft in Graphic Design, Advertising, Fashion, Three Dimensional Design, Architecture and Spatial Design, Games Design and Film and Television.

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Student Cricketers Given First-Class Support from MCC

A career in professional sport is the dream for many young men and women.  What better job is there than one which enables you to make money out of something that you both excel at and love doing?  The route to the top in sport is notoriously steep, however; by its very nature, the competition is fierce and those who don’t make it far outnumber those that do.  Choosing between ‘chasing the dream’ and continuing with academic studies is a tough decision for any talented young sportsperson.

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Derby’s GREAT!

Oh…Where to begin?

I suppose the first thing to mention is that Derby is squeezed, slap bang in the centre of the country, sandwiched between Nottingham, Sheffield and Birmingham.  Good if you fancy road-tripping with your mates, bad if you’re studying here and your folks turn up every other weekend!  



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Escape Studios Present the Massive and Pixar Tour

Escape Studios is proud to present the upcoming Pixar®, RenderMan® and Massive® European Tour being held in London, Newcastle and at FMX in Germany.

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Careers a Maths Qualification Leads to!

A qualification in maths equips you with a set of tools that are vital in many jobs. It is a very wide subject area and the basis for many career areas including science, engineering, finance, commerce, industry, information technology and education.

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Why Choose a Career as an Accounting Technician?

The career opportunities in accounting are limitless, almost every organisation throughout the UK requires accounting support of some kind. In larger organisations and accountancy practices you can specialise in areas such as: audit, tax, corporate finance, insolvency or forensic accounting.

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Do You Want To Get a Head Start in Your Career? Do a BTEC Higher National Diploma

If you have a vision of where you want to go in life, often the most confusing thing can be working out how to get there. You have to make some important decisions.

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Games Degrees at the University of Greenwich

Why choose a degree in Games?

Why not study in an area that is challenging, that is dynamic and technically demanding, has depth and breadth of study, has rewarding career options AND is fun?

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Hear Here! Audiology at UCL

Deepak Prasher, Professor of Audiology at the UCL Ear Institute and author of the recent Widex UK Noise Report talks to Smaart Advice about bionic ears and the challenges and excitement of a career in audiology.

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New BBC Series is Looking For Enthusiastic Young People ...

New BBC series is looking for enthusiastic young people keen to get their first break on the career ladder…

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Veterinary Medicine - There are More Career Choices Than You Expect

Caring for domestic animals isn’t the only choice for veterinary grads. Far from it.

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Filling In Your UCAS Application

Applications

First go online at www.ucas.com.

Applications for entry to undergraduate programmes at all UK universities must be made online through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS); there is no means of direct application. UCAS charges an application fee; details of which are available from UCAS.

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Help Me Choose!

A winding path…

Remember, your degree or A-level choice does not determine your life or your future career. I started studying Science & Maths A-Levels, then a Chemistry degree which I decided to leave after the 1st year. There were no spaces on the Economics course I wanted so I started Philosophy, Politics & Economics – intending to specialise in Economics. However, I fell in love with Philosophy so I specialised in that. And now I work in Marketing!

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Alternative Careers - DJ's: Start Showing Skills

It’s not surprising these days that everybody wants to be a superstar dj, you get paid fabulous sums of money, jet set all around the world, stay in the finest hotels and generally get treated like a pop star.  Not all dj’s get this kind of treatment though and there are many forms of Dj’ing from playing your best tunes at your cousins wedding to spinning to crowds of 20,000 adoring fans, but what is dj’ing and how can do you start?

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Whats New In Computing?

We live in a fast changing world. Computing is no longer just about how business uses technology.  Today it is hard to avoid computers in our lives. Students do not have to be technical experts to find a degree programme in computing to interest and reward them.

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Thinking of Doing a Gap Year in Australia? STA Will Give You Some Expert Advice

Australia is a must-see for anyone taking time out. A land of beaches, barbeques and beers, Oz has been attracting a steady stream of backpackers and round the world travellers for years. Australia has it all – cosmopolitan cities, rugged coastlines, incredible wildlife, the Great Barrier Reef, mountain ranges and of course the endless desert of the outback.