http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/flying-start-global-entrepreneurs-918637.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/flying-start-global-entrepreneurs-918637.html <p> Flying Start Global is a joint programme run by the NCGE and the Kauffman Foundation (US), for the UK&rsquo;s best graduate entrepreneurs in science, technology, engineering and maths. Graduates spend six months in the UK and six months in the US. </p> Getting a Job Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:12:13 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/lsquowe-are-one-of-the-best-in-europersquo-918626.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/lsquowe-are-one-of-the-best-in-europersquo-918626.html Getting a Job Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:05:22 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/sweet-smell-of-success-918621.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/sweet-smell-of-success-918621.html <p> I have always been quite an inventive person, but many universities are like an academic conveyor belt and I wanted my ideas to be worth more than just A grades,&rdquo; says Angelo Grubisic, 27, from Southampton. &ldquo;Southampton University helped me see light at the end of the tunnel.&rdquo; </p> Getting a Job Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:02:54 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/casestudies-graduate-entrepreneurs-918605.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/casestudies-graduate-entrepreneurs-918605.html Getting a Job Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:56:24 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/graduate-entrepreneurs-just-what-the-doctor-ordered-918588.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/graduate-entrepreneurs-just-what-the-doctor-ordered-918588.html <p> Few items of clothing are as undignified as the hospital gown. The flimsy piece of fabric leaves little to the imagination and can quite literally add insult to injury. So Fatima Ba- Alawi&rsquo;s business idea to develop a new patient-friendly design was always going to be a winner. </p> Getting a Job Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:45:59 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/comment-how-universities-and-graduates-can-thrive-918572.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/comment-how-universities-and-graduates-can-thrive-918572.html <p> The economic downturn, the credit crunch, international competitiveness and demographic changes are having a profound effect on the UK economy and a significant bearing on higher education. As a result, government policy towards supporting post-compulsory education is changing, as are expectations from the public sector, industry and learners. </p> Getting a Job Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:38:57 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/the-careers-adviser-should-i-retake-my-final-year-is-there-any-advice-for-foreign-students-about-jobs-in-the-uk-917720.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/the-careers-adviser-should-i-retake-my-final-year-is-there-any-advice-for-foreign-students-about-jobs-in-the-uk-917720.html Getting a Job Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/being-a-school-bursar-isnt-just-about-money--its-a-serious-management-role-917721.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/being-a-school-bursar-isnt-just-about-money--its-a-serious-management-role-917721.html <p>If Linda Jackson spots a child who's been sent to the head's office at the primary school where she is bursar, she usually hears the first version of the misdemeanour from the over-anxious child.</p> Getting a Job Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-robson-green-actor-917725.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-robson-green-actor-917725.html <p><b>Robson Green, 43, has appeared in Casualty, Rocket Man and Wire in the Blood, which returns to ITV1 on Friday 12 September. "Unchained Melody", performed in the series Soldier, Soldier, was the first of three No.1 singles for Robson & Jerome.</b></p> Getting a Job Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-henry-blofeld-cricket-commentator-910213.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-henry-blofeld-cricket-commentator-910213.html <p> <b>Henry &quot;Blowers&quot; Blofeld, 68, has been commentating for Test Match Special on Radio 4 since 1972. &quot;An Evening with Henry Blofeld&quot; is a CD, a new DVD and a tour which begins at The Stables in Milton Keynes next week. Details on <a href="http://www.henryblofeld.com">www.henryblofeld.com</a>.</b> </p> Getting a Job Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/i-want-your-job-sound-engineer-910216.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/i-want-your-job-sound-engineer-910216.html <p> <b>Dr John Dibb, 60, works as a &quot;professional listener&quot;. He's a senior development engineer for the British speaker manufacturers Bowers &amp; Wilkins, and is based in Steyning in West Sussex.</b> </p> Getting a Job Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/my-way-penny-stephens-of-the-jet-centre-gives-her-tips-for-success-at-work-910220.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/my-way-penny-stephens-of-the-jet-centre-gives-her-tips-for-success-at-work-910220.html <p> <b>Penny Stephens is creative director of the Jet Centre, a private aviation company based at Stansted airport, whose customers include Rod Stewart, Sir Alan Sugar and the Spice Girls. </b> </p> Getting a Job Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/pharmacists-arent-just-doling-out-drugs--theyre-giving-medical-advice-too-910222.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/pharmacists-arent-just-doling-out-drugs--theyre-giving-medical-advice-too-910222.html <p> If you think a pharmacist still wears a white coat and just dispenses pills, think again. Changes to medicine in the past decade have seen the profession move to the heart of the health agenda, and pharmacists are in demand across all areas of public health &ndash; patient care, product development, academic research or specialist areas such as veterinary medicine.</p> Getting a Job Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/rights-stuff-interview-with-amnesty-international-ukrsquos-director-902327.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/rights-stuff-interview-with-amnesty-international-ukrsquos-director-902327.html <p> As the director of Amnesty International UK, Kate Allen (left) knows a thing or two about standing up for what you believe in and taking positive steps to get results. On a more personal level, that&rsquo;s what making a success of university or college life is all about, and with so many students being members of the human rights organisation, it is clearly something to aspire to. We talked to Allen about her work at Amnesty International, how her career has progressed and her own time as a student. </p> Getting a Job Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:19:03 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/vocational-study/my-story-why-i-chose-not-to-go-to-uni-891305.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/vocational-study/my-story-why-i-chose-not-to-go-to-uni-891305.html Vocational Study Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:36 +0100