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Buck the trend with an apprenticeshipApprenticeships are an excellent alternative for young people who have perhaps been put off going to university, want a more practical education or an alternative to traditional employment options. |
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Workplace attitudes
Just because your boss seems cold doesn’t mean they don’t care. Senior executives are more likely to be cool, calm and collected than other managers and may give the impression that they don’t have any emotions, but this masks the truth.
Barclays and youth charity team up to help young people avoid debt fears
Barclays and online youth charity YouthNet have joined forces to support young people in the UK to build their financial skills, knowledge and confidence.
Studying chemical engineering
The number of students opting to study chemical engineering at UK universities increased by 16% this year, with record student numbers totalling more than 2000 for the first time.
- Retail: CV advice
- Automotive: Questions about starting university
- Construction: Olympics construction jobs
- Finance: Careers at PwC
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- Gap Year & Volunteering: Volunteer in Thailand
- Accountancy: Students are struggling to make ends meet
- Management Consultancy: Investment Challenge
- Insurance: Attitudes of employees
- Investment Banking: Talented people are the driving force of business success
- Retail Banking: How people respond to stress
- Marketing: Learning English as a second language
- Civil & Structural: Engineering jobs in Scotland
- Electrical/Electronic: Engineering skills
- Energy: Reasons to get into engineering
- Aerospace: How to become a pilot
- Telecommunications: Understanding engineering
- Climate Change: Views on climate change
Science of the sprout
Young scientists at the Eden Project are testing their DNA for the gene that may answer the eternal Christmas dinner conundrum: why can't some people stand Brussels sprouts?
- Pharmaceuticals: Science careers advice
- Environment/Energy: Sustainable studies
- Food & Drink: Sensitivity to soft drinks
- Healthcare: Smoking in films encourages teenagers to take a drag
- Research: Therapy for teenagers
- IT: Computer programming should become 'the new Latin'
