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Student debt82% of parents say recession has increased the financial strain of university costs while 55% of students are worried they will not find a job after graduation. |
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Interview tips
When seeking employment, interviews can be a daunting task. But this doesn’t have to be the case using the four Ps system: Plan, Prepare, Participate and Be Positive.
Employment scams
Legal experts say criminals are preying on a growing number of people who have lost their job. The most popular fraudulent scheme at the moment is mystery shopper positions.
Engineering Innovation Awards
The Institution of Engineering & Technology has issued a last call for entries for its annual Innovation Awards as it continues its search for the brightest minds at the forefront of innovative engineering.
- Retail: New venture for emerging entrepreneurs
- Automotive: Formula Student
- Construction: Olympics construction jobs
- Finance: Jobs for young people
- Hospitality & Leisure: Acting and Drama Studies
- Gap Year & Volunteering: Budget travel
- Accountancy: Saudi women's scholarly brilliance
- Management Consultancy: Investment Challenge
- Insurance: The power of optimism
- Investment Banking: Investment competition
- Retail Banking: How people respond to stress
- Marketing: Finance regulation
- Civil & Structural: Student uses pedal power to create novel machine
- Electrical/Electronic: Engineering skills
- Energy: Engineering & Technology Scholarships
- Aerospace: Undergraduate open days
- Telecommunications: Talking and travelling dangers
- Climate Change: University embarks green mission
A community approach to kicking the habit
A team of health researchers from The University of Nottingham are spearheading a new project to reduce tobacco use in an area which has one of the highest rates of smoking in the country.
- Pharmaceuticals: A pill for every ill?
- Environment/Energy: Music of the Sun
- Food & Drink: Food cravings
- Healthcare: Keepy Uppy Competition
- Research: Cocaine addiction
- IT: The dangers of social networking
