Postgraduate

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Do higher degrees really improve your career prospects?

It's the time of year again when young things in their second or third year of university begin to think about their future – does the world of work beckon, or is further study a better option? This year that decision is slightly more complicated. With talk of recession and a contracting graduate job market, many students are considering staying on at university to gain further qualifications.

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Calm amid the storm: Why MBA courses have never had it so good

"We're like The Apprentice, only nicer," says Terry Kendrick, MBA director at Norwich Business School. During the course, students find themselves pitched in competition with each other in a way that resembles the popular television series: in teams, they create an event to make money for charity. "But we give them a couple of months to do it, rather than a day, and we're not Sir Alan Sugar," he says.






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